2004 Death Yasser Arafat, PLO leader/former terrorist, dies at 64 1994 Event Israel and PLO initialed accord giving autonomy to Palestinians in West Bank in education, health, taxation, social welfare and tourism 1994 Event Israel and PLO sign economic accord 1994 Event Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat 1993 Event Israel and PLO sign joint recognition statements 1993 Event PLO recognizes state of Israel 1993 Event Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal 1988 Event PLO leader Yasi Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist 1988 Event U.N. votes 151-2 (Isr and U.S.) to move PLO debate to Geneva, British abstains 1988 Event U.N. General Assembly (151-2) censures U.S. for refusing PLO's Arafat visa 1988 Event PLO proclaims State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence 1988 Event Jordanian King Hussein renounces sovereignity over West Bank to PLO 1988 Death Khalil al-Wazir, PLO military commander, assassinated by Israeli commandos 1986 Event Jordanian King Hussein severs ties with PLO 1985 Event PLO terrorists sieze Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro 1985 Event Jordan king Hussein and PLO leader Arafat sign accord 1983 Event Egyptian president Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat 1983 Event PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon 1983 Event Syria and Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli 1983 Event PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians and Lebanese 1983 Event Syria throws out PLO leader Arafat 1983 Event Jordan king Hussein ceases negotiations with PLO 1983 Death Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered 1982 Event Pope John Paul II receives PLO leader Yasser Arafat 1982 Event PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut 1982 Event 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO 1982 Event PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline" 1981 Event Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut 1978 Death Ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered 1975 Event PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses United Nations in New York City 1970 Event Jordanian King Hussein moves against PLO guerrillas 1970 Event PLO leader Arafat threatens to make a cemetery of Jordan 1970 Event PLO hijacks 4 planes 1969 Event Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO 1969 Event Yassar Arafats takes over as chairman of PLO 1969 Event The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO 1968 Event PLO's 1st hijacking of an El Al plane 1968 Event Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases 1964 Event Palestine National Congress forms the PLO in Jerusalem
