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| 1929 | Arafat, Yasser |  |
| 24th Aug Cairo Birth of Yasser Arafat |
| 1964 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| 28th May 28 May-2 June, the PLO is founded by a combination of Arab states |
| 28th May The PLO is founded by the Arab League with the aim of overthrowing the state of Israel |
| 1968 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| Mar The PLO fedayeen repels an Israeli attack on the PLO's Jordanian bases |
| 1969 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| Appointed President of the PLO |
| 1970 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| Expelled from Jordan, takes up residence in Lebanon |
| Jordan & the PLO enter a short bloody war with Israel |
| King Hussein of Jordan bombs guerrilla PLO camps on the Israeli border |
| 1971 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Palestine Revolutionary Forces |
| 14th Mar Rotterdam The PLO blow up fuel storage tanks in Rotterdam |
| 1974 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| Rabat An Arab League summit call the PLO as "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people" |
| 1977 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| 1st Dec Formation of a solidarity front between Algeria, Libya, Southern Yemen & the PLO |
| 1977 | Davoud, Abu | |
| 12th Jan Released from prison |
| 1978 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| Israel invades Lebanon in order to expel the PLO |
| 24th May River Litani Withdraws Palestinian forces from a buffer zone between Israel & the Litani River |
| 1981 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| 17th July Beirut Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut |
| 1982 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| Israel invades Lebanon in order to expel the PLO |
| 1987 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| Dec Arafat launches the 1st Antifada |
| 1988 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| Arafat renounces terrorism |
| 15th Nov The independent state of Palestine is declared |
| 13th Dec Arafat makes a speech in the UN recognising Israel & renouncing terrorism |
| 1990 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| The PLO formally recognizes the State of Israel |
| The Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize |
| 17th July Tunis Yasser Arafat marries Suha At-Taweel |
| 1990 | At-Taweel, Suha | |
| Yasser Arafat marries Suha At-Taweel |
| 1991 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| Madrid After an Arab-Israeli peace conference the PLO & Israel begin secret peace negotiations |
| Arafat supports Iraq's invasion of Kuwait |
| The Lebanese army, backed by Syria, forces the PLO to abandon its strongholds in southern Lebanon |
| 1992 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| 8th April Sahara Survives an aircrash in the Sahara |
| 1993 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| Washington Arafat & Rabin conclude an agreement, known as the Declaration of Principles (DOP) |
| Israel & the PLO agreed to the creation of the interim Palestinian National Authority |
| Washington The Declaration of Principles backs Palestinian limited self-government in the Gaza Strip |
| Washington The Declaration of Principles backs Palestinian limited self-government in the West Bank |
| Washington Under the Declaration of Principles the PLO recognizes the state of Israel |
| 4th May Oslo In order that the Palestinians should govern themselves according to democratic principles, free and general political elections would be held for the Council |
| 4th May Oslo The Israeli government recognizes the PLO as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people while the PLO recognizes the right of the state of Israel to exist and renounces terrorism |
| 4th May Oslo The Oslo Accords call for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from parts of the Gaza Strip and West Bank and affirm the Palestinian right to self-government within those areas through the creation of the Palestinian Authori |
| 4th May Oslo Yasser Arafat & Yitzhak Rabin sign the Oslo Accords |
| 1994 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| The PNA police kill 12 Palestinians protesting against further negotiations with Israel |
| 4th May Jericho Israel & the PLO sign a deal on Palestinian self-rule in Jericho & the Gaza Strip |
| 4th May Gaza The Palestinian National Authority is created to administer areas handed over to Palestinian rule |
| 18th May Gaza The Israelis complete their withdrawal from the Gaza Strip |
| 8th Nov Jerusalem Israel & the PLO sign agreements to prop up the Palestinian National Authority |
| 18th Nov Gaza Arafat's police fire on Islamic extremists prompting clashes in Gaza City, 14 dead |
| 1995 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| West Bank An agreement calls for self-rule for all Arab cities and villages in the West Bank |
| 1997 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| Hebron Israeli troops withdraw from Hebron |
| 1999 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| Arafat & Barak sign an agreement finalizing the Israeli border with Palestine |
| Jersusalem Arafat & Barak sign an agreement finalizing the status of Jerusalem by 2000 |
| 2003 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| The office of Prime Minister is created by Parliament to curb Arafat's authority |
| 2004 | Abbas, Mahmoud | |
| 11th Nov Serves as Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee, after Yasser Arafat's death |
| 2004 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| 29th Oct Paris Flown to hospital for testing & treatment |
| 11th Nov Paris Death of Yasser Arafat |
| 2005 | Abbas, Mahmoud | |
| Jan Elected President with 62.3% of the votes cast |
