2013 Event Palestinian investigators claim their former leader, Yasser Arafat, did not die of old age or ill health; they believe Israel killed him because his exhumed body contained high levels of the radioactive element polonium-210 2012 Event Palestinian officials plan to exhume the body of former leader Yasser Arafat to determine whether his death in Paris, 2004, was caused by poisoning 2004 Death Yasser Arafat, PLO leader/former terrorist, dies at 64 1995 Event Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir Arafat, sign accord to transfer West Bank 1994 Event Nobel prize awarded to Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat 1994 Event Nobel Prize awarded to Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres 1994 Event Yassar Arafat returns to Gaza strip 1994 Event PLO-leader Yasser Arafat returns to Gaza after 27 years 1994 Event Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat 1988 Event Arafat addresses United Nations in Geneva 1988 Event PLO leader Yasi Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist 1988 Event Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden 1988 Event U.N. General Assembly (151-2) censures U.S. for refusing PLO's Arafat visa 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 throws out PLO leader Arafat 1982 Event Pope John Paul II receives PLO leader Yasser Arafat 1982 Event PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut 1982 Event PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline" 1975 Event PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses United Nations in New York City 1970 Event PLO leader Arafat threatens to make a cemetery of Jordan 1969 Event Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO 1969 Event The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO 1929 Birthday Yasser Arafat, leader, Palestine Liberation Organization 1929 Birthday Yasser Arafat, PLO-leader, Achille Lauro, Nobel 1994