Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Yasser Arafat |
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Birthdate | August 24, 1929 |
Birth Place | Cairo, Egypt |
Age (in 2024) | 95 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | World Leader |
Yasser Arafat is best known as World Leader who has born on August 24, 1929 in Cairo, Egypt. Currently, Yasser Arafat is 95 years, 2 months and 9 days old. Yasser Arafat will celebrate 96th birthday on Sunday, 24th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Yasser Arafat upcoming birthday.
1st President of the Palestinian National Authority from 1994 to 2004 who founded the Fatah political party and spent much of his rule fighting Israel. He was often denounced by fellow Islamists and PLO members for too readily conceding to Israeli demands when he participated in negotiations with them.
He lived with his uncle in Jerusalem, as it was too difficult for his father to care for seven children by himself.
He received the Nobel Peace Prize, together with Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres in 1994 for their work negotiating the Oslo Accords the previous year.
His younger brother, Fathi Arafat, was the founder of the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
He and Ariel Sharon were bitter enemies.
Yasser Arafat is 95 years old today.
Yasser Arafat was born on August 24, 1929 in Cairo, Egypt.
Yasser Arafat zodiac sign is Virgo.
Yasser Arafat was best known as World Leader.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Yasser Arafat's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Yasser Arafat's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1995 | Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America. |
1998 | First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom. |
2001 | Air Transat Flight 236 loses all engine power over the Atlantic Ocean, forcing the pilots to conduct an emergency landing in the Azores. |
2004 | Ninety passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers from Chechnya. |
2006 | The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet. |
2008 | Sixty-five passengers are killed when Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895 crashes during an emergency landing at Manas International Airport in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. |
2008 | A Cessna 208 Caravan crashes in Cabañas, Zacapa, Guatemala, killing 11 people. |
2010 | In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities. |
2010 | Henan Airlines Flight 8387 crashes at Yichun Lindu Airport in Yichun, Heilongjiang, China, killing 44 out of the 96 people on board. |
2010 | Agni Air Flight 101 crashes near Shikharpur, Makwanpur, Nepal, killing all 14 people on board. |
2012 | Anders Behring Breivik, perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, is sentenced to 21 years of preventive detention. |
2014 | A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the largest in that area since 1989. |
2016 | An earthquake strikes Central Italy with a magnitude of 6.2, with aftershocks felt as far as Rome and Florence. Around 300 people are killed. |
2017 | The National Space Agency of Taiwan successfully launches the observation satellite Formosat-5 into space. |
2020 | Erin O’Toole is elected leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. |
1986 | The birth of Joseph Akpala, Nigerian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Anže Kopitar, Slovenian ice hockey player |
1988 | The birth of Rupert Grint, English actor |
1988 | The birth of Manu Ma'u, New Zealand rugby league player |
1988 | The birth of Maya Yoshida, Japanese footballer |
1989 | The birth of Reynaldo, Brazilian footballer |
1989 | The birth of RocÃo Igarzábal, Argentinian actress and singer |
1990 | The birth of Juan Pedro Lanzani, Argentinian actor and singer |
1991 | The birth of Wang Zhen, Chinese race walker |
1992 | The birth of Jemerson, Brazilian footballer |
1993 | The birth of Allen Robinson, American football player |
1993 | The birth of Maryna Zanevska, Belgian tennis player |
1995 | The birth of Lady Amelia Windsor, member of the British royal family |
1997 | The birth of Alan Walker, British-Norwegian DJ and record producer |
2001 | The birth of Mildred Maldonado, Mexican rhythmic gymnast |
2012 | The death of Steve Franken, American actor (b. 1932) |
2012 | The death of Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1937) |
2013 | The death of Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (b. 1938) |
2013 | The death of NÃlton de Sordi, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931) |
2013 | The death of Julie Harris, American actress (b. 1925) |
2013 | The death of Muriel Siebert, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Antônio ErmÃrio de Moraes, Brazilian businessman (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Charlie Coffey, American football player and coach (b. 1934) |
2015 | The death of Joseph F. Traub, German-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1932) |
2015 | The death of Justin Wilson, English racing driver (b. 1978) |
2016 | The death of Walter Scheel, German politician, 4th President of Germany (b. 1919) |
2017 | The death of Jay Thomas, American actor, comedian, and radio talk show host (b. 1948) |
2020 | The death of Gail Sheehy, American author, journalist, and lecturer (b. 1936) |
2021 | The death of Charlie Watts, English musician (b. 1941) |
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