Osama Bin Laden

* 1957 -- Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden is born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is the 17th of 52 children fathered by Muhammad Awad bin Laden, a Yemeni immigrant who built a billion-dollar construction company in Saudi Arabia. His mother is Hamida al-Attas, who was from Syria.al-Attas, who was from Syria. * 1979 -- Bin Laden graduates from King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah with a