| 01/17/91 | The start of hostilities between the multinational forces and Iraqi forces. The beginning of Operation Desert Storm. |
| 01/22/46 | Kurdish Republic Day. |
| 01/30/91 | Iraqi and multinational force elements have their first combat engagement in Khafji in the Persian Gulf War. |
| 02/03/63 | The Ba'ath Party takes power in a popular revolt. |
| 02/08/63 | Revolution Day. |
| 02/24/91 | Allied forces launch the ground assault against Iraqi forces occupying Kuwait. |
| 02/27/91 | Allied forces in Kuwait and Iraq suspend military operations against Iraq. |
| 03/02/91 | Iraq signs a cease-fire agreement with allied forces ending the Persian Gulf War. |
| 03/10/79 | Death of Kurdish leader Mullah Mustafa Barzani (Kurdish regions). |
| 03/21 | Kurdish New Year celebrated. |
| 04/08/47 | Iraqi Ba'ath Party founded. |
| 04/16/91 | U.S. President George Bush announces that U.S. Troops would enter northern Iraq to create a safe haven for displaced Kurds around Zakhu. |
| 04/28/37 | Saddam Hussein's birthday. |
| 05/01/96 | Iraq is permitted to sell $2 billion worth of oil over six months to buy food and medicine. |
| 06/01/76 | During this month, Syria enters the civil war in Lebanon on the side of the Christian Phalange and against the Palestinians and their Muslim allies. In response, Abu Nidal renames his terrorist group then based in Iraq the Black June Organization and begins attacking Syrian targets. |
| 06/07/81 | Israeli warplanes attack an Iraqi nuclear power plant near Baghdad. |
| 07/14/58 | Republic Day. Celebrates the coup by General Abdul Karim Qasim during which King Faysal II and Prime Minister Nuri as-Said are killed. |
| 07/17/68 | Ba'ath Party seizes power. |
| 08/02/90 | Iraqi forces invade Kuwait and seize control of the country. |
| 08/15/86 | Turkish troops raid Kurdish rebel camps in Iraq. |
| 09/19/80 | Iran-Iraq war begins. |
| 11/26/84 | Relations with the U.S. restored. |
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