1970 In Jordan
Events from the year 1970 in Jordan. Incumbents *Monarch: Hussein *Prime Minister: ** until 27 June: Bahjat Talhouni ** 27 June-16 September: Abdelmunim al-Rifai ** 16 September-26 September: Mohammad Daoud Al-Abbasi ** 26 September-28 October: Ahmad Toukan ** starting 28 October: Wasfi al-Tal Events * Black September in Jordan - Civil war. * Dawson's Field hijackings. See also * Years in Iraq * Years in Syria * Years in Saudi Arabia References Jordan Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ... Years of the 20th century in Jordan {{Asia-year-stub ...
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Years In Jordan
This is a list of years in Jordan. 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century See also * Timeline of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan * Timeline of Amman External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Years in Jordan Jordan-related lists Jordan years A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hou ...

Black September In Jordan
Black September ( ar, أيلول الأسود; ''Aylūl Al-Aswad''), also known as the Jordanian Civil War, was a conflict fought in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan between the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF), under the leadership of King Hussein, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), under the leadership of Yasser Arafat, primarily between 16 and 27 September 1970, with certain aspects of the conflict continuing until 17 July 1971. After Jordan lost control of the West Bank to Israel in 1967, Palestinian fighters known as fedayeen moved their bases to Jordan and stepped up their attacks on Israel and Israeli-occupied territories. One Israeli retaliation on a PLO camp based in Karameh, a Jordanian town along the border with the West Bank, developed into a full-scale battle. The perceived joint Jordanian-Palestinian victory against Israel during the 1968 Battle of Karameh led to an upsurge in Arab support for the fedayeen in Jordan, in both new recruits and financial ai ...
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1970 By Country
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark ...
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1970 In Jordan
Events from the year 1970 in Jordan. Incumbents *Monarch: Hussein *Prime Minister: ** until 27 June: Bahjat Talhouni ** 27 June-16 September: Abdelmunim al-Rifai ** 16 September-26 September: Mohammad Daoud Al-Abbasi ** 26 September-28 October: Ahmad Toukan ** starting 28 October: Wasfi al-Tal Events * Black September in Jordan - Civil war. * Dawson's Field hijackings. See also * Years in Iraq * Years in Syria * Years in Saudi Arabia References Jordan Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ... Years of the 20th century in Jordan {{Asia-year-stub ...
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Years In Saudi Arabia
This is a list of years in Saudi Arabia. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Emirate of Jebel Shammar Second Saudi State Ottoman Arabia Emirate of Diriyah 18th century 17th century 16th century See also * Timeline of Jeddah * Timeline of Mecca * Timeline of Medina * Timeline of Riyadh Further reading * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Years in Saud Arabia * History of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia-related lists Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

Years In Syria
This is a list of years in Syria. 20th century * Syrian Republic gained independence from France in 1944, later transforming into Syrian Arab Republic in the 1960s. 21st century See also * Timeline of Syrian history * 2010s in Syria political history ;Cities in Syria * Timeline of Aleppo * Timeline of Damascus * Timeline of Hama * Timeline of Latakia {{DEFAULTSORT:Years in Syria Syria history-related lists Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

Years In Iraq
This is a list of years in Iraq, referring to the Iraqi Republic (1958-1963), Baathist Iraq (1963-2003) and Arab Republic of Iraq (2003–present). 21st century 20th century See also * History of Iraq *List of years by country *Timeline of Baghdad *Timeline of Basra * Timeline of Mosul {{DEFAULTSORT:Years in Iraq Iraq-related lists Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

Dawson's Field Hijackings
In September 1970, members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hijacked four airliners bound for New York City and one for London. Three aircraft were forced to land at Dawson's Field, a remote desert airstrip near Zarqa, Jordan, formerly Royal Air Force Station Zarqa, which then became PFLP's "Revolutionary Airport". By the end of the incident, one hijacker had been killed and one injury reported. This was the second instance of mass aircraft hijacking, after an escape from communist Czechoslovakia in 1950. On 6 September, TWA Flight 741 from Frankfurt (a Boeing 707) and Swissair Flight 100 from Zürich (a Douglas DC-8) were forced to land at Dawson's Field.BBC News, "On This Day: 12 September". On the same day, the hijacking of El Al Flight 219 from Amsterdam (another 707) was foiled: hijacker Patrick Argüello was shot and killed, and his partner Leila Khaled was subdued and handed over to British authorities in London. Two PFLP hijackers, who we ...
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Wasfi Al-Tal
Wasfi Tal ( ar, وصفي التل; also known as Wasfi Tell; 19 January 1919 – 28 November 1971) was a Jordanian politician, statesman and general. He served as the 15th Prime Minister of Jordan for three separate terms, 1962–63, 1965–67 and 1970 until his assassination in 1971. Tal was born in Turkey to prominent Jordanian poet Mustafa Wahbi Tal. He moved to Jordan at 5 years old. He received his education in Al-Salt, later continuing his education at the American University of Beirut in 1941. He then joined the British Army in Mandatory Palestine after being trained in a British-run military academy, and joined the irregular Arab Liberation Army to fight against Israel during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Following the war, he served various positions in the Jordanian government, rising to higher positions after his abilities captured King Hussein's attention. His first tenure as prime minister in 1962 was short-lived, he resigned in 1963 over widespread criticism of his ...
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List Of Kings Of Jordan
The king of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is Jordan's head of state and monarch. He serves as the head of the Jordanian monarchy—the Hashemite dynasty. The king is addressed as His Majesty (). Jordan is a constitutional monarchy. However, the king is vested with somewhat more executive and legislative power than is typically the case for constitutional monarchs. He is commander-in-chief of the Jordanian Armed Forces and appoints the Prime Minister of Jordan and the directors of security agencies. He also appoints the members of the upper house, the Senate, as well as the members of the Constitutional Court. The current king, Abdullah II, took the throne on 7 February 1999 following the death of his father, Hussein. History The sons of Hussein bin Ali, the Grand Emir and Sharif of Mecca were set up as the kings of Iraq and Jordan in the aftermath of the Arab Revolt and World War I. The Jordanian monarchy was set up in 1921, with Abdullah I becoming Emir of the Emirate ...
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Ahmad Toukan
Ahmad Toukan (Ahmad Tuqan) ( ar, أحمد طوقان; 15 August 1903 – 5 January 1981) was a Jordanian political leader of Palestinian descent who was the 20th Prime Minister of Jordan from 26 September 1970 to 28 October 1970. Overview Tuqan was born on 15 August 1903 in Nablus, Palestine. He is the eldest brother of Ibrahim Touqan and Fadwa Touqan, both of whom are famous poets in the Arab world. Education * BSc Engineering Sciences, American University of Beirut, 1925. * MSc Physics, University of Oxford, 1929. Career Toukan occupied many high-ranking positions both locally and internationally: * UNESCO Expert and UNRWA Deputy Head of Education (1954–1961) * Education Expert at the International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (1962–1966) * Minister (including Foreign Minister, Minister of State and Deputy Prime Minister during the years 1950–1970) * Prime Minister in 1970 * Chief of the Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan in 1972 * Chairman of University of Jorda ...
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Mohammad Daoud Al-Abbasi
Brigadier General Mohammad Daoud Al-Abbasi known as Al-Za’eem Mohammad Daoud (الزعيم محمد داود; 11 July 1914 – 19 January 1972), was appointed the 19th Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the military government in Jordan during the events of Black September in Jordan in 1970. Early life Mohammad Daoud was born in Silwan, Jerusalem, Palestine (region). He worked as a police officer in Tulkarm which was a part of Jordan until after 1948. In 1952, he became a member of the Jordanian delegation of the Jordanian/Israeli Mixed Armistice Commission. He held the position of Presidency of the joint Jordanian delegation in 1958 until the war of 1967. In 1956 he was wounded by a mine. He was rescued by Israeli officer, Aharon Camara, because the Jordanians officers were scared to enter the mine field. In 1967 war he was taken to jail by the Israeli army for 17 days then was released to Amman, Jordan. He continued working as a head of the Jordanian/Israeli Mix ...
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