Ba’ath Party Overthrows Abdul Rahman Arif in Iraq July 17, 1968
Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
Date: July 17, 1968
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