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Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing control of the Dead Sea...

Timeline of Events

1952

8.11.1952

Hussein is proclaimed King of Jordan.

1955

12.14.1955

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sri Lanka join the United Nations.

1967

6.5.1967

Six-Day War begins: The Israeli air force launches simultaneous pre-emptive attacks on the air forces of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.

1968

2.11.1968

Israeli-Jordanian border clashes.

3.21.1968

Battle of Karameh in Jordan between Israeli Defense Forces and Fatah.

1970

9.6.1970

Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field in Jordan.

9.7.1970

Fighting between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.

9.8.1970

Hijacking (and subsequent destruction) of three airliners to Jordan by Palestinians; the events to follow would later become known as ''Black September''

9.9.1970

A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.

9.12.1970

Palestinian terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman.

9.16.1970

King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule following the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This results in the formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.

9.20.1970

Syrian tanks roll into Jordan in response to continued fighting between Jordan and the fedayeen.

9.25.1970

Cease-fire between Jordan and the Fedayeen ends fighting triggered by four hijackings on September 6 and 9.

9.30.1970

Jordan makes a deal with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.

1978

6.15.1978

King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.

1987

4.11.1987

The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.

1994

7.20.1994

Israel's Shimon Peres visits Jordan, the highest ranking Israeli official to do so

7.25.1994

Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, which formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.

10.26.1994

Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty

1999

2.7.1999

Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.