George H.W. Bush, the Buffalo Bills, the New York Giants, and Whitney Houston will always be linked by the events of January 1991. As Bush is laid to rest this week, we look back on the unusual circumstances surrounding Super Bowl XXV.
After a prolonged buildup of American forces in the Middle East from August 2, 1990 to the middle of January, 1991, labeled “Operation Desert Shield”, the United States entered the active combat phase of the Gulf War on January 17th, 1991, to expel Iraqi forces from their neighboring country, Kuwait.