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And now, for today's episode, we're going back to early 1991.

On January 9, 1991, Pete Rose, arguably one of the greatest baseball players of all time,

was banned from being inducted into the Hall of Fame.

He was banned because he bet on baseball games and other sports while he played on the Cincinnati Reds

and while he managed them. Since then, there has been heavy criticism because other

Hall of Famers include races who enforce segregation rules, wife beaters, steroid users, and other people who arguably did worse things than gamble on baseball games.

But 30 years later, the ban is still in place.

On January 17th, U.S.-led Operation Desert Storm began

when the United States and coalition members began bombing Iraq as part of the Gulf War.

Manuel Noriega was a Panamanian dictator from 1983 to 1989.

He became rich through drug trafficking.

On January 18, 1991, the United States admitted that the CIA and the United States Army

paid Noriega $320,000 during his time as president.

On January 22nd, the Iraqi forces set fire to the Kuwaiti oil facilities.

The same day, a cholera epidemic broke out in Peru.

Over 300,000 people were infected over the next year.

On February 1st, 1991, the number one song was, the first time, by R&B trio, surfers.

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