Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Yasser Arafat across 5 places, from 1929 to 1994.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Yasser Arafat ( – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Yasser Arafat is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Yasser Arafat was documented, and when
24 August 1929exact date
Cairoattested“Arafat was born in Cairo, Egypt, on 4 or 24 August 1929.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
1948year
Mandatory Palestineattested“During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Arafat left the university and, along with other Arabs, sought to enter Palestine to join Arab forces fighting against Israeli troops and the creation of the state of Israel.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
1957year
Kuwaitattested“In 1957, he applied for a visa to Kuwait (at the time a British protectorate) and was approved, based on his work in civil engineering.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
1959 to 1960period
Kuwaitattested“Abu Iyad traveled with Arafat to Kuwait in late 1960; Abu Jihad, also working as a teacher, had already been living there since 1959.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
7 April 1992exact date
Libyan Desertattested“Arafat narrowly escaped death again on 7 April 1992, when an Air Bissau aircraft he was a passenger on crash-landed in the Libyan Desert during a sandstorm.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
1994year
Gaza Cityattested“In 1994, Arafat moved to Gaza City, which was controlled by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)—the provisional entity created by the Oslo Accords.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
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1944year
Cairo Universitymentioned“In 1944, Arafat enrolled in the University of King Fuad I and graduated in 1950.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
1946year
Mandatory Palestinementioned“By 1946, he was an Arab nationalist and began procuring weapons to be smuggled into Mandatory Palestine, for use by irregulars in the Arab Higher Committee and the Army of the Holy War militias.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
1949year
Cairomentioned“In early 1949, the war was winding down in Israel's favor, and Arafat returned to Cairo due to a lack of logistical support.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
1949year
Israelmentioned“In early 1949, the war was winding down in Israel's favor, and Arafat returned to Cairo due to a lack of logistical support.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
1949year
West Bankmentioned“These remarks from Arafat indicated a shift away from one of the PLO's primary aims—the destruction of Israel (as entailed in the Palestinian National Covenant)–and toward the establishment of two separate entities: an Israeli state with…”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
1962year
Syriamentioned“In 1962, Arafat and his closest companions migrated to Syria—a country sharing a border with Israel—which had recently seceded from its union with Egypt.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
3 February 1969exact date
Cairomentioned“When the Palestinian National Council (PNC) convened in Cairo on 3 February 1969, Yahya Hammuda stepped down from his chairmanship of the PLO.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
August 1970month
Jordanmentioned“In August 1970, Arafat declared: "Our basic aim is to liberate the land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
August 1970month
Jordan Rivermentioned“In August 1970, Arafat declared: "Our basic aim is to liberate the land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
August 1970month
Mediterranean Seamentioned“In August 1970, Arafat declared: "Our basic aim is to liberate the land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
15 September 1970exact date
Dawson's Field hijackingsmentioned“On 15 September 1970, the PFLP (part of the PLO) hijacked four planes and landed three of them at Dawson's Field, located east of Amman.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
1973year
Israelmentioned“In 1973–74, Arafat closed Black September down, ordering the PLO to withdraw from acts of violence outside Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
1975year
Ugandamentioned“Arafat was Amin's best man at his wedding in Uganda in 1975.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
August 1981month
Lebanonmentioned“After Israel withdrew from Lebanon, cross-border hostilities between PLO forces and Israel continued, though from August 1981 to May 1982, the PLO adopted an official policy of refraining from responding to provocations.”source: Wikipedia: Yasser Arafat
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back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
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explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
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