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  • Cannes, France
    Sunday Feb 10, 1991
    Zinedine Zidane

    First Goal

    Cannes, France
    Sunday Feb 10, 1991

    He scored his first goal for the club on 10 February 1991.




  • Iraq and Kuwait
    Friday Feb 15, 1991
    Gulf War

    Few trucks fired

    Iraq and Kuwait
    Friday Feb 15, 1991

    On 15 February 1991 4th Battalion of the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment fired on a trailer and a few trucks in the Iraqi sector that were observing American forces.




  • Saudi Arabia
    Friday Feb 15, 1991
    Gulf War

    The First coalition force to breach the Saudi Arabian border

    Saudi Arabia
    Friday Feb 15, 1991

    Task Force 1-41 Infantry was a U.S. Army heavy battalion task force from the 2nd Armored Division. It was the spearhead of VII Corps, consisting primarily of the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, and the 4th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment. Task Force 1–41 was the first coalition force to breach the Saudi Arabian border on 15 February 1991, and to conduct ground combat operations in Iraq engaging in direct and indirect fire fights with the enemy on 17 February 1991.




  • Kuwait
    Saturday Feb 16, 1991
    Gulf War

    Iraqi vehicles appeared to be performing reconnaissance

    Kuwait
    Saturday Feb 16, 1991

    On 16 February 1991 several groups of Iraqi vehicles appeared to be performing reconnaissance on the Task Force and were driven away by fire from 4–3 FA.




  • Kuwait
    Sunday Feb 17, 1991
    Gulf War

    The Task Force took enemy mortar fire

    Kuwait
    Sunday Feb 17, 1991

    On 17 February 1991 the Task Force took enemy mortar fire, but the enemy forces managed to escape.




  • Iraq
    Friday Feb 22, 1991
    Gulf War

    Iraq agreed to a Soviet-proposed ceasefire agreement

    Iraq
    Friday Feb 22, 1991

    On 22 February 1991, Iraq agreed to a Soviet-proposed ceasefire agreement. The agreement called for Iraq to withdraw troops to pre-invasion positions within six weeks following a total ceasefire, and called for monitoring of the ceasefire and withdrawal to be overseen by the UN Security Council.




  • Kuwait
    Saturday Feb 23, 1991
    Gulf War

    The Capture of 500 Iraqi soldiers

    Kuwait
    Saturday Feb 23, 1991

    On 23 February, fighting resulted in the capture of 500 Iraqi soldiers.


  • Iraq
    Sunday Feb 24, 1991
    Gulf War

    the US VII Corps, in full strength and spearheaded by the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, launched an armored attack into Iraq

    Iraq
    Sunday Feb 24, 1991

    Shortly afterwards, the US VII Corps, in full strength and spearheaded by the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, launched an armored attack into Iraq early on 24 February, just to the west of Kuwait, taking Iraqi forces by surprise. Simultaneously, the US XVIII Airborne Corps launched a sweeping "left-hook" attack across southern Iraq's largely undefended desert, led by the US 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and the 24th Infantry Division.


  • Kuwait
    Sunday Feb 24, 1991
    Gulf War

    The 1st Cavalry Division conducted a couple artillery missions

    Kuwait
    Sunday Feb 24, 1991

    On 24 February 1991 the 1st Cavalry Division conducted a couple artillery missions against Iraqi artillery units.


  • Kuwait
    Sunday Feb 24, 1991
    Gulf War

    1st Infantry Division rolled through the breach in the Iraqi defense

    Kuwait
    Sunday Feb 24, 1991

    On 24 February 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division rolled through the breach in the Iraqi defense west of Wadi Al-Batin and also cleared the northeastern sector of the breach site of enemy resistance.


  • Iraq
    Sunday Feb 24, 1991
    Gulf War

    British and American armored forces crossed the Iraq–Kuwait border

    Iraq
    Sunday Feb 24, 1991

    On 24 February, British and American armored forces crossed the Iraq–Kuwait border and entered Iraq in large numbers, taking hundreds of prisoners. Iraqi resistance was light, and four Americans were killed.


  • Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
    Monday Feb 25, 1991
    Gulf War

    Scud missile hit a US Army barracks

    Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
    Monday Feb 25, 1991

    On 25 February 1991, a Scud missile hit a US Army barracks of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment, out of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, stationed in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 28 soldiers and injuring over 100.


  • Kuwait
    Wednesday Feb 27, 1991
    Gulf War

    Saddam ordered a retreat from Kuwait

    Kuwait
    Wednesday Feb 27, 1991

    On 27 February, Saddam ordered a retreat from Kuwait, and President Bush declared it liberated. However, an Iraqi unit at Kuwait International Airport appeared not to have received the message and fiercely resisted. US Marines had to fight for hours before securing the airport, after which Kuwait was declared secure.


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