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* 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.
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1970 and Jordan
DFLP was badly hit by the 1970 September crack-down in Jordan ( Black September ).
* 1969 – United States Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition ; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.
They then fought in the late 1960s War of Attrition ( against Israel ), and the 1970 Black September invasion of Jordan.
* 1970 – Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerrillas, who attacked his motorcade.
* 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 ).
* 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.
* 1970 – Fighting between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.
* 1970 – Palestinian terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman.
* 1970 – Syrian tanks roll into Jordan in response to continued fighting between Jordan and the fedayeen.
* 1970 – Cease-fire between Jordan and the Fedayeen ends fighting triggered by four hijackings on September 6 and 9.
* 1970 – A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
These cross border broadcasts have also been used in special circumstances to broadcast emergency messages to British subjects abroad, such as the advice to evacuate Jordan during the Black September incidents of September 1970.
Jordan was ruled under martial law throughout most of the Cold War period, particularly starting in 1967 when tensions between the Hashemites and the Palestinian majority eventually led to a bloody civil war in 1970.
Meanwhile, in July 1970, King Hussein informed Nasser of his dissatisfaction with the PLO's behavior in Jordan.
The group's name derives from the Black September conflict begun on 16 September 1970, when King Hussein of Jordan declared military rule in response to a fedayeen coup d ’ état to seize his kingdom — resulting in the deaths or expulsion of thousands of Palestinians from Jordan.
She became an Egyptian citizen in 1963, and in October 1970, Princess Dina of Jordan married Lieut-Colonel Asad Sulayman Abd al-Qadir, alias Salah Taamari, a Palestinian guerrilla commando who became a high-ranking official in the Palestine Liberation Organization.
He faced the first terrorist attack on a Swissair plane in Zarqa, Jordan in 1970.
* Jordan, W. K. ( 1970 ): Edward VI: The Threshold of Power.
Brad Terrence Jordan ( born November 9, 1970 ), better known by his stage name Scarface, is an African-American rapper and recording artist from Houston, Texas and a member of the Geto Boys.
In August 1970, Israel, Jordan, and Egypt agreed to an " in place " ceasefire under the terms proposed by the Rogers Plan.
May 3, 1970: Twenty-one Palestinian guerrillas are killed by Israeli troops in the Jordan Valley
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