On this day: January 29
POSTED: 09:33 PM PST Jan 27, 2013
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 28, 2013
"The Raven" is first published, baseball and football induct their first hall of fame classes, the Gulf War fighting takes to the ground, and President George W. Bush coins the phrase "Axis of Evil," all on this day.
U.S. Marine Corps
1991: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the Gulf War, as well as its deadliest, begins in and around the Saudi Arabian city of Khafji. By Feb. 1, the city had been recaptured at the cost of 43 Coalition servicemen dead and 52 wounded. Iraqi Army fatalities numbered between 60 and 300, while an estimated 400 were captured as prisoners of war.
