TODAY IN HISTORY 28 July 2001 Palestinians keep vigil at the Aqsa Mosque after extremist Jewish groups threaten to place the corner stone for their alleged temple there. 1989 PLO Pres. Yasser Arafat outlines a 4-point peace plan in an interview with al-Ahram daily: (1) Partial Israeli withdrawal from the OPT to prepare for the election. (2) A 27 month timetable for total pullout of Israeli troops "in stages as in the case of Namibia." (3) UN supervision of elections and repatriation of Palestinian refugees as well as those deported by Israel. (4) Setting a date for the declaration of an independent Palestinian State. 1988 - Israeli diplomats arrive in Moscow for 1st visit in 21 years 1988 - Jordan cancels $1.3 billion development plan in West Bank 1986 - Bomb attack in East Beirut, 25 killed 1982 Palestinians protest against the occupation of 3 vacant houses by armed Israeli settlers. Palestinians owned these houses located near the Dome of the Rock Mosque in Jerusalem. 1942 - Zionists partisans ZOB forms in Poland 1914 - World War I began when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia 1148 - Crusaders attack Damascus
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