On this day: January 17
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.
1991: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning with an extensive aerial bombing campaign designed to destroy Iraq's Air Force and anti-aircraft facilities. In response, Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation. The aerial campaign would be followed by a ground assault designed to push Iraqi troops out of Kuwait starting on Feb. 24. The U.S.-led Coalition forces quickly earned a decisive victory, liberating Kuwait and advancing into Iraqi territory before declaring a cease-fire 100 hours after the ground campaign started.
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