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1979: Saddam Hussein Became President of Iraq

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1979: Saddam Hussein Became President of Iraq

Saddam Hussein became President of Iraq on this day in 1979. He was born in the village of Al-Awja on the ...

Saddam Hussein became President of Iraq on this day in 1979. He was born in the village of Al-Awja on the Tigris River (in 2003, he was arrested just a few kilometers from his native village). His mot ...

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363: Roman emperor died in Iraq

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363: Roman emperor died in Iraq

On this day Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate died in present-day Iraq. Such a place of death seems unus ...

On this day Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate died in present-day Iraq. Such a place of death seems unusual for one Roman emperor, but the gist of it was that Julian was invading Persian Empire with ...

June 26, 2019
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1981: Israeli Air Strike Destroys a Nuclear Facility in Iraq

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1981: Israeli Air Strike Destroys a Nuclear Facility in Iraq

On this day the Israeli Air Force undertook an offensive in the heart of Iraq’s territory. They bombed an ...

On this day the Israeli Air Force undertook an offensive in the heart of Iraq’s territory. They bombed and destroyed the Iraqi nuclear reactor located 17 kilometers southeast of Baghdad. It was believ ...

June 07, 2019
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364: Jovian: A Roman who was Proclaimed Emperor in what is now Iraq

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|Date: February 17, 2016
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364: Jovian: A Roman who was Proclaimed Emperor in what is now Iraq

Roman emperor Jovian died on this day in 364. It is interesting that he was born in Singidunum, the Roman ...

Roman emperor Jovian died on this day in 364. It is interesting that he was born in Singidunum, the Roman city located on the same spot as modern Belgrade. Namely, Singidunum was an important traffic ...

February 17, 2016
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1939: The Rule of the Last King of Iraq

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1939: The Rule of the Last King of Iraq

On this day in 1939 the rule of the last king of Iraq (in the history of this country) began. His name wa ...

On this day in 1939 the rule of the last king of Iraq (in the history of this country) began. His name was Faisal II, and it is particularly interesting that he was only three years old when he became ...

April 04, 2015
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