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(died 2004)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364241651#Births", "title": "1929 in Mandatory Palestine", "revid": 1364241651, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1929, "year_label": "1929 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 24", "text": "August 24 – Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372436446#August", "title": "1929", "revid": 1372436446, "section": "Births › August"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is elected Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#February", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 3", "text": "November 3 – Commencement of the battle of Tripoli between Arafat loyalists and PLO dissidents.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#November", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1985, "year_label": "1985 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 11", "text": "11 February – PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and King Hussein of Jordan sign the Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357379543#February", "title": "1985 in Palestine", "revid": 1357379543, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 8", "text": "8 March – PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat visits Pakistan and lays the cornerstone for a Palestinian embassy in Islamabad.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358836815#Events", "title": "1989 in Palestine", "revid": 1358836815, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 2", "text": "2 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358836815#Events", "title": "1989 in Palestine", "revid": 1358836815, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 21", "text": "21 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358836815#Events", "title": "1989 in Palestine", "revid": 1358836815, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 17", "text": "17 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367184052#Events", "title": "1990 in Palestine", "revid": 1367184052, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1992, "year_label": "1992 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 7", "text": "7 April – The plane carrying Palestinian president Yasser Arafat and 12 others crashes during sandstorm in Libya.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364273224#Events", "title": "1992 in Palestine", "revid": 1364273224, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1993, "year_label": "1993 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366430372#September", "title": "1993", "revid": 1366430372, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 24", "text": "24 April – The Crans Montana Forum ends after 4 days. Shimon Peres of Israel and Yasser Arafat of the Palestine Liberation Organization take part.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353741571#Events", "title": "1994 in Romania", "revid": 1353741571, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 1", "text": "1 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360408381#Events", "title": "1994 in Palestine", "revid": 1360408381, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 10", "text": "December 10 – Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat receive the Nobel Peace Prize.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1328107802#Israeli–Palestinian_conflict", "title": "1994 in Israel", "revid": 1328107802, "section": "Events › Israeli–Palestinian conflict"}}, {"year": 1995, "year_label": "1995 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 28", "text": "28 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370927034#Events", "title": "1995 in Palestine", "revid": 1370927034, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1996, "year_label": "1996 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 3", "text": "March 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371596794#March", "title": "1996", "revid": 1371596794, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1996, "year_label": "1996 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 24", "text": "April 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371596794#April", "title": "1996", "revid": 1371596794, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 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. 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