Danny Willett won his first major championship , three strokes ahead of runners-up Lee Westwood and defending Defending champion Jordan Spieth .

Bubba Watson won his second Masters , three shots ahead of runners-up Jonas Blixt and Jordan Spieth ; defending champion Adam Scott tied Connect for fourteenth place .

Jordan Spieth won his first U.S. Open and consecutive major titles , one stroke ahead of runners-up Dustin Johnson and Louis Oosthuizen .

Subsequent wire-to-wire winners were Jack Nicklaus in 1972 , Raymond Floyd in 1976 , and Jordan Spieth in 2015 .

Fighter jets and ground forces Military_operation from Egypt , Morocco , Jordan , Sudan , the United Arab Emirates , Kuwait , Qatar , Bahrain , and Academi ( formerly Blackwater ) took part in the operation .

United States Navy and US Marine Corps combat Hostile_encounter forces ( 15th MEU ) and active and reserve Preserving Military Sealift Command forces responded Response to Iraqi threats against Jordan and Kuwait .

The PFLP 's exploitation of Jordanian territory was an example of the increasingly autonomous Arab Palestinian activity within the Kingdom of Jordan – a serious challenge Competition to the Hashemite monarchy of King Hussein .

Hussein declared Expressing_publicly martial law on 16 September and from 17 to 27 September his forces Causation deployed Arranging into Palestinian-controlled areas in what became Becoming known as Black September in Jordan , nearly triggering Process_start a regional war involving Cause_to_be_included Syria , Iraq , and Israel .

It can also refer Adducing to the continuation of conflict Hostile_encounter in this region , beginning Process_start with the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) operations transfer Motion to South Lebanon , following Self_motion Black September in the Kingdom of Jordan .

Christopher Jordan Dorner ( September 11 , 1979February 12 , 2013 ) was a Los Angeles police officer who , beginning Process_start on February 3 , 2013 , committed Committing_crime a series of shootings Use_firearm in Orange , Los Angeles , and Riverside County , California .

The Jewish Agency for Israel sent Sending Jordan 's King Abdullah a letter of apology , which he rebuffed Agree_or_refuse_to_act .

The Six-Day War ( , `` Milhemet Sheshet Ha Yamim '' ; Arabic : , `` an-Naksah '' , `` The Setback '' or , `` Ḥarb 1967 '' , `` War of 1967 '' ) , also known as the June War , 1967 Arab–Israeli War , or Third Arab–Israeli War , was fought Hostile_encounter between 5 and 10 June 1967 by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt ( known at the time as the United Arab Republic ) , Jordan , and Syria .

Jordan had entered Arriving into a defense Defending pact with Egypt a week before the war began Process_start .

It envisioned Creating that Jordan would not take an offensive role in the event of war , but would attempt to tie down Israeli forces to prevent Preventing_or_letting them from making territorial gains .

Egypt and Jordan agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to a ceasefire on 8 June , and Syria agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act on 9 June ; they signed Writing a ceasefire with Israel on 11 June .

Its victory humiliated Bodily_harm Egypt , Jordan , and Syria , leading Causation Nasser to resign in shame ; he was later reinstated Recovering after protests in Egypt against his resignation .

Sustained street demonstrations Social_event took place Process_start in Morocco , Iraq , Algeria , Iranian Khuzestan , Lebanon , Jordan , Kuwait , Oman and Sudan .

The occupation of the Jordan Valley by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force ( EEF ) began Process_start in February 1918 during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I .

After the Capture Conquering of Jericho in February the Auckland Mounted Rifle Regiment began Process_start patrolling Patrolling an area of the Jordan Valley near Jericho at the base of the road from Jerusalem .

During this time the occupation Control of the Jordan was fully established Creating and continued through the summer of 1918 .

Despite the difficult climate and the unhealthy environment of the Jordan Valley , General Edmund Allenby decided Deciding that , to ensure the strength Cause_change_of_strength of the EEF 's front line it was necessary to extend Change_event_time the line which stretched Expansion from the Mediterranean , across the Judean Hills to the Dead Sea to protect Assistance his right flank .

After the end Process_end of the War the Ottoman Empire offered Giving to harbour the Circassians who did not wish to accept Response the rule of a Christian monarch , and many emigrated Escaping to Anatolia , the heart of the Ottoman territory and ended up Process_end in modern Turkey , Syria , Jordan , Palestine , Israel , Iraq and Kosovo .

The War of Attrition ( `` Ḥarb al-Istinzāf '' , `` Milhemet haHatashah '' ) involved Participation fighting between Israel and Egypt , Jordan , PLO and their allies from 1967 to 1970 .

Leaders to twenty Arab countries were present Presence , including King Hussein of Jordan and Anwar Sadat of Egypt , together with representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) .

First , it forced King Hussein to relinquish GiveUp his claim to be able to speak for the Palestinians and to acknowledge Statement that a future Palestinian state would have to be independent of Jordan .

The First Transjordan attack on Amman ( known to the British as the First Attack on Amman ) and to their enemy as the First Battle of the Jordan took place Process_start between 21 March and 2 April 1918 , as a consequence of the successful Battle of Tell 'Asur which occurred Presence after the Capture of Jericho in February and the Occupation of the Jordan Valley began Process_start , during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I .

The First Transjordan attack on Amman ( known to the British as the First Attack on Amman ) and to their enemy as the First Battle of the Jordan took place Process_start between 21 March and 2 April 1918 , as a consequence of the successful Battle of Tell 'Asur which occurred Presence after the Capture of Jericho in February and the Occupation of the Jordan Valley began Process_start , during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I .

The Fourth Army headquarters located in Amman was strongly garrisoned Defending and during the battle received Receiving reinforcements on the Hejaz railway , the strength of which eventually forced Motion the attacking force to retire Departing back to the Jordan Valley between 31 March and 2 April .

The Jordan Valley would continue to be occupied Control by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force ( EEF ) through the summer until the middle of September 1918 when the Battle of Megiddo began Process_start .

The front line was adjusted Change in February 1918 when the right flank of the Jaffa–Jerusalem line was secured Preventing_or_letting by the capture of land to the east of Jerusalem and down into the Jordan Valley to Jericho and the Dead Sea .

In March , after several unsuccessful attempts by a British Empire force of Australian , British and New Zealand swimmers , the first Transjordan attack began Process_start with the passage of the Jordan River .

On the royalist side Jordan and Saudi Arabia supplied Supply military aid Assistance , and Britain gave Giving covert support Supporting , while the republicans were supported Supporting by Egypt and were supplied Supply warplanes from the Soviet Union .

The following day a section of Chaytor 's Force , attacked Attack and captured Conquering the Ottoman Empire 's 53rd Division ( Seventh Army ) on the main eastwards line of retreat Escaping out of the Judean Hills across the Jordan River .

Egypt , Jordan , Syria , and expeditionary forces from Iraq entered Palestine , even though Jordan had declared Expressing_publicly privately to Yishuv emissaries on 2 May that it would not attack the Jewish state .

Egypt , Jordan , Syria , and expeditionary forces from Iraq entered Palestine , even though Jordan had declared Expressing_publicly privately to Yishuv emissaries on 2 May that it would not attack the Jewish state .

By late June , Iraq had lost Earnings_and_losses control Control of its border with Jordan and Syria .

South Korea defeated Conquering Jordan 2–0 to finish Process_end third .

These British Empire victories of the Third Transjordan attack Attack over Yildirim Army Group forces Military_operation , followed two unsuccessful EEF attacks Attack across the Jordan River in March and April 1918 .

Meanwhile , on their right the Battle Hostile_encounter of Nablus began Process_start with an attack Attack by the XX Corps in the Judean Hills against the Asia Corps and sections of the Seventh Army defending Defending Nablus , during the afternoon of 19 September once it became Becoming apparent the Battle of Sharon was succeeding , while Chaytor 's Force held Defending the extreme right flank in the Jordan Valley against the Fourth Ottoman Army and began Process_start their attacks Attack northwards in the Jordan Valley to capture Conquering the Jisr ed Damieh bridge .

Meanwhile , on their right the Battle Hostile_encounter of Nablus began Process_start with an attack Attack by the XX Corps in the Judean Hills against the Asia Corps and sections of the Seventh Army defending Defending Nablus , during the afternoon of 19 September once it became Becoming apparent the Battle of Sharon was succeeding , while Chaytor 's Force held Defending the extreme right flank in the Jordan Valley against the Fourth Ottoman Army and began Process_start their attacks Attack northwards in the Jordan Valley to capture Conquering the Jisr ed Damieh bridge .

The halftime show Social_event was Montell Jordan .

The horn section is composed Writing of Stuart D. Bogie , Martín Perna , Jordan McLean , and John Altieri , also known as `` the Antibalas horns '' .

The same year Israel and Jordan reached Achieve a peace accord Statement .

Despite the peace agreements Sign_agreement with Egypt and Jordan , interim peace accords Statement with the Palestinian Authority and the generally existing Presence cease-fire , until mid-2010s the Arab League and Israel had remained at odds with each other over many issues .

Seven American CIA officers and contractors , an officer of Jordan 's intelligence service , and an Afghan working for the CIA were killed Killing when al-Balawi detonated Attack a bomb sewn into a vest he was wearing .