Hawaii's monarchy is overthrown, Popeye makes his comic strip debut, Muhammad Ali is born, Operation Desert Storm begins, and news of the Monica Lewinsky scandal breaks online, all on this day.
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1989: Patrick Purdy opens fire with an assault rifle at the Cleveland Elementary School playground in Stockton, Calif., killing five children and wounding 29 others and one teacher before taking his own life.