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2A Daily News – Tuesday, January 21, 2014 Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Jan. 21, the 21st day of 2014. There are 344 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 21, 1954, the first atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched at Groton , Conn., as first lady Mamie Eisenhower christened the vessel with the traditional bottle of champagne broken against the bow. On this date: In 1793, during the French Revolution, King Louis XVI, condemned for treason, was executed on the guillotine. In 1861, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and four other Southerners whose states had seceded from the Union resigned from the U.S. Senate. In 1908, New York City's Board of Aldermen passed an ordinance prohibiting women from smoking in public. In 1924, Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin died at age 53. In 1937, Count Basie and his band recorded ''One O'Clock Jump'' for Decca Records. In 1950, former State Department official Alger Hiss, accused of being part of a Communist spy ring, was found guilty in New York of lying to a grand jury. George Orwell (Eric Blair), author of ''Nineteen Eighty-Four,'' died in London at age 46. In 1968, the Battle of Khe Sanh began during the Vietnam War. Ten years ago: President George W. Bush visited community colleges in Ohio and Arizona, where he highlighted the economy and several new job-training initiatives he'd proposed a day earlier in his State of the Union speech. Five years ago: In a whirlwind first full day in office, President Barack Obama showcased efforts to revive the economy, summoned top military officials to chart a new course in Iraq and eased into the daunting thicket of Middle East diplomacy. Today's Birthdays: Actress Ann Wedgeworth is 80. World Golf Hall of Famer Jack Nicklaus is 74. Opera singer Placido Domingo is 73. Singer Mac Davis is 72. Actress Jill Eikenberry is 67. Country musician Jim Ibbotson (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 67. Singer-songwriter Billy Ocean is 64. U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke is 64. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is 63. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is 61. Actress Geena Davis is 58. Basketball Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon is 51. Actor John Ducey is 45. Actress Karina Lombard is 45. Singer Emma Bunton (Spice Girls) is 38. Country singer Phil Stacey is 36. Thought for Today: ''Would to God that we might spend a single day really well.'' — Thomas a Kempis, German monk and author (c. 1380-1471).