September 11, 2012 - The US mission in Benghazi is attacked and burned. An attack later that night involves mortar and rocket fire against a US diplomatic annex in the city.
Fast Facts
US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other US nationals are killed in the attack.
More than 30 Americans are evacuated.
Initially, the attack was thought to be perpetrated by an angry mob responding to a video made in the United States that mocked Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, but it is later determined to be a terrorist attack.