September 27

1970 - Jordan's King Hussein and Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Movement, signed an agreement in Cairo to end Jordan's civil war.

1996 - Afghanistan's Taliban movement captured the capital Kabul and hanged the former president Najibullah.

2002 - Tiny East Timor, the world's newest nation since breaking away from Indonesia after a bloody conflict, joined the United Nations as its 191st member.

Source: REUTERS