1975    Bus Massacre in Lebanon: Attack by the Phalangist resistance kill 26 militia members of the P.F.L. of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.

1976    Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War

1977    Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.

1978    150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.

1980    During the Lebanese civil war, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.

1982    Lebanese Civil War: a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.

1990    End of the Lebanese Civil War. Syrian forces launch an attack on the free areas of Lebanon removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.