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Yasser Arafat

Palestinian political leader (1929-2004) and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994-2004)

22 dated entries naming Yasser Arafat, drawn from 14 separate years between 1929 CE and 2004 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Yasir Arafat, Yassir Arafat in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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20th century

  • 1929Yasser Arafat, Palestine leader who served as President of Palestine between1989 to 2004. (died 2004)source
  • 1929August 24 – Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader, Nobel laureate (died 2004)source
  • 1969February 4 – In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is elected Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.source
  • 1983November 3 – Commencement of the battle of Tripoli between Arafat loyalists and PLO dissidents.source
  • 198511 February – PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and King Hussein of Jordan sign the Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement.source
  • 19898 March – PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat visits Pakistan and lays the cornerstone for a Palestinian embassy in Islamabad.source
  • 19892 April – 1989 Palestinian presidential election: The Central Council of the Palestine National Council, the governing body of the PLO, elects Yasser Arafat as President of Palestine.source
  • 198921 September – Palestinian president Yasser Arafat holds a press conference with Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, after having a meeting with him, where he endorses open talks with Israel, urges citizens to resist the most recent crackdown on Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and answers and debates with Israeli journalists.source
  • 199017 July – Palestinian president Yasser Arafat marries Suha Arafat in a secret ceremony on her 27th birthday when he was 61 years old. Her mother, Raymonda Tawil, introduced her to him in France, after which she worked as his secretary in Tunis. Their marriage was not announced until 1992. Suha Arafat becomes First Lady of Palestine.source
  • 19927 April – The plane carrying Palestinian president Yasser Arafat and 12 others crashes during sandstorm in Libya.source
  • 1993September 13 – Oslo I Accord: Following initially secret talks from earlier in the year, PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin shake hands in Washington, D.C. after signing a peace accord.source
  • 199424 April – The Crans Montana Forum ends after 4 days. Shimon Peres of Israel and Yasser Arafat of the Palestine Liberation Organization take part.source
  • 19941 July – Palestinian President Yasser Arafat returns to Palestine after 27 years of exile by crossing the border from Egypt to the Gaza Strip, arriving first in Rafah and then Gaza City.source
  • 1994December 10 – Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat receive the Nobel Peace Prize.source
  • 199528 September – The Oslo II Accord is officially signed at a public ceremony in Washington, DC by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and witnessed by US President Bill Clinton, which includes provision for the transfer of control of Bethlehem, Jenin, Nablus, Qalqilya, Ramallah, Tulkarm and some 450 villages to the Palestinian Authority.source
  • 1996March 3–4 – Two suicide bombs explode in Israel, killing 32 people. The Yahya Ayyash Units admit responsibility, and Palestinian president Yasser Arafat condemns the killings in a televised address. Israel warns of retaliation.source
  • 1996April 24 – At the urging of Yasser Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization drops its clause in Palestinian National Covenant calling for the removal of Israel (→ Legitimacy of the State of Israel). The Israeli government responds by dropping a similar clause concerning the existence of Palestine.source
  • 1997January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. (→ Hebron Agreement)source
  • 2000July 11–25 – A summit meeting takes place at Camp David between United States president Bill Clinton, Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat, ending without an agreement.source

21st century

  • 2004November 11 - Yasser Arafat, 75, first President of the Palestinian National Authority, Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and founder and leader of Fatah.source
  • 2004November 11 – Palestinian president Yasser Arafat dies. Mahmoud Abbas is appointed as his successor.source
  • 2004November 11 – Yasser Arafat, 75, Palestinian political leader and chairman PLO, President of the Palestinian Authority.source

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