21st January: Today In History

Today is January,  the 21st day of 2016. There are 336 days left in the year. Today's Highlight In History; Birthdays:   1824 Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, American general   1924 Telly Savalas, American film & television actor   1924 Benny Hill, English comedian   1940 Jack Nicklaus, American golfer   1941 Placido Domingo, Spanish Operatic tenor   1945 Martin Shaw, Actor in 'The Professionals'   1950 Billy Ocean, Soul singer Events:   1793 Louis XVI, the King of France, was guillotined during the French revolution   1911 The first ever Monte Carlo Car Rally was held   1950 George Orwell, the British author of '1984' & 'Animal Farm', died   1954 The USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear powered submarine, was launched   1959 Famous Hollywood film director, Cecil B. De Mille, died aged 77   1976 The supersonic airliner 'Concorde' began its regular commercial service   1978 The Liberal Party voted to continue with the Lib-Lab pact until July