Modern Era · Middle East · War
1970
Black September expels the PLO from Jordan
September 1970
Yasser Arafat's PLO had become a state within Jordan, running parts of Amman. King Hussein moved against the fedayeen with his Bedouin army in what Palestinians called Black September. Thousands died, and the PLO was driven into Lebanon. A faction took the month for its name and two years later massacred Israeli athletes in Munich.
In context
Also in 1970 (5 other events on record)
- First Earth Day · North America · Politics
- Allende elected in Chile · South America · Politics
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- Kent State shootings · North America · Politics
- Mishima commits ritual suicide · East Asia · Culture
Before and after in Middle East
- Before: June 5, 1967: Six-Day War
- After: October 6, 1973: Yom Kippur War
Before and after in War
Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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