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1962
 
    
Adolf Eichmann, convicted in Israel for his role in the Holocaust, is hanged in Tel Aviv       
1963
 
   
A military coup in Syria brings the Ba'th party to power      
1964
 
   
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded at a congress in East Jerusalem, then part of Jordan      
1967
 
   
A pre-emptive air strike by Israel destroys almost all Egypt's aircraft and launches the Six-Day War      
1967
 
     
Israel captures the Gaza Strip and Sinai peninsula from Egypt        
1967
 
     
Israel captures East Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan        
1967
 
    
Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria in the Six-Day War       
1967
 
    
English cellist Jacqueline du Pré marries Israeli pianist Daniel Barenboim       
1968
 
    
A military coup in Iraq brings to power a government composed mainly of Ba'thists       
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1969
 
    
At a congress in Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)