On this day: January 17

POSTED: 12:10 PM PST Jan 16, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 16, 2013 

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.

OTD January 17 - Zooey Deschanel
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1980: Actress and singer Zooey Deschanel, known for her roles in movies such as "Elf," "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and "(500) Days of Summer" and for the TV sitcom "New Girl," is born in Los Angeles, Calif. She is also one half of the indie music duo She & Him with singer-songwriter M. Ward.

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