历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-01-16

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January 16th, 1991. Start of Operation Desert Storm as American-led coalition¹ begins bombing targets in Iraq and Kuwait. It happens after Saddam Hussein fails to meet a U.N. deadline on withdrawing from Kuwait. President George H. Bush: "Five months ago, Saddam Hussein started this cruel war against Kuwait. Tonight, the battle has been joined."

 

2003. Space shuttle Columbia lifts off from Cape² Canaveral, Florida on what turns out to be its final flight. The mission ends in tragedy when the shuttle disintegrates³ on re-entry with all of its crew lost.

 

1920. Prohibition⁴ takes effect across the United States barring the sale, manufacture and transport of alcoholic⁵ beverages⁶. The 18th Amendment⁷ to the Constitution establishing prohibition is repealed⁸ more than a decade later.

 

1979. Facing growing unrest the Shah of Iran flees into exile never to return. What soon follows, an Islamic fundamentalist regime led by the Ayatollah Khomeini replaces the Shah. Months later, dozens of Americans are taken hostage when the U.S. embassy is seized in Iran's capital, Tehran.

 

And 1964. In New York, the musical "Hello, Dolly!" starring Carol Channing opens on Broadway.

 

Today in History, January 16th, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.

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