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 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 PLO-leader Yasser Arafat returns to Gaza after 27 years 1983 Event Egyptian president Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat 1983 Event PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon 1982 Event Pope John Paul II receives PLO leader Yasser Arafat 1982 Event PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut 1981 Death Joseph Yasser, composer, dies at 88 1975 Event PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses United Nations in New York City 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 1893 Birthday Joseph Yasser, composer
