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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 |
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