Israel and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan" id="mwAbk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jordan">Jordan</a> sign the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–Jordan_peace_treaty" id="mwAbo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Israel–Jordan peace treaty">Washington Declaration</a>, that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.