Word: talal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Died. Talal I, 65, former King of Jordan who ascended the throne after the assassination of his father Abdullah in 1951, but was declared insane eleven months later by Jordan's Parliament and was succeeded by his 17-year-old son, the present King Hussein; in Istanbul...
...with the King was Golda Meir. A Palestinian gunman killed Abdullah at Jerusalem's historic Al Aqsa mosque. The assassin also fired at Grandson Hussein, who was standing beside Abdullah, but the bullet ricocheted off a medal on his uniform. Abdullah was succeeded by Hussein's father, Talal. But after one year, schizophrenia overcame Talal, and Hussein, 18, was proclaimed monarch...