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1958
Army officers named the Free Officers, a secret military group, overthrow Iraq's monarchy. This group was markedly Pan-Arab. This event led to the death of King Faisal II. -
1968
The Baath Party was founded in 1947 by Michel Aflaq, a Syrian teacher, whose brand of radical Arab nationalism won supporters across the region. Aflaq's supporters were forced from the Baath Party leadership. They found refuge in Iraq, where the Baath Party returned to power in a coup in July 1968. The Iraqi Baathists elected a new pan-Arab leadership, which included Saddam Hussein and Aflaq. -
1979
In 1979, when al-Bakr attempted to unite Iraq and Syria, in a move that would have left Saddam effectively powerless, Saddam forced al-Bakr to resign, and on July 16, 1979, Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq. -
1980
he Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Ba'athist Iraq lasting from September 1980 to August 1988. The Iran–Iraq War began. The war was caused by Iraq's invasion on Iran on 22 September 1980. -
2003
U.S. was summoned for support in the Iraq war. A U.S.-led coalition overthrew Hussein's government. They then occupied Iraq.
