Today's Highlight in History:
On January 21st, 1950, former State Department official Alger Hiss¹, accused of being part of a Communist spy ring间谍网，特务组织, was found guilty in New York of lying to a grand jury大陪审团. Hiss, who always maintained his innocence², was sentenced to five years in prison; he served less than four.

On this date:
In 1793, during the French Revolution, King Louis the 16th, condemned³ for treason叛国罪，不忠, was executed on the guillotine断头台，切纸机.

In 1861, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and four other Southerners resigned辞职，顺从 from the US Senate.

In 1915, the first Kiwanis Club吉瓦尼斯俱乐部 was founded, in Detroit.

In 1924, Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died at age 54.

In 1950, George Orwell, author of "Nineteen Eighty-Four," died in London.

In 1954, the first atomic submarine核潜艇, the USS "Nautilus鹦鹉螺号," was launched at Groton, Connecticut.

In 1976, the supersonic超音速的 Concorde协和式超音速喷射客机 jet was put into service by Britain and France.

In 1977, President Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft evaders逃避者.

In 1997, Speaker Newt Gingrich was reprimanded谴责，训斥 and fined as the House voted for first time in history to discipline训练，训导 its leader for ethical道德的，伦理的 misconduct不端行为.

In 1998, President Clinton angrily denied reports he'd had an affair with风流韵事，绯闻 former White House intern实习生 Monica Lewinsky and had tried to get her to lie about it.

Ten years ago: In the Soviet⁶ republic of Azerbaijan, mutinous⁷暴动的，反抗的 military cadets学员，士官生 fired on troops patrolling侦查，巡逻 the capital during a crackdown制裁，镇压 on a nationalist uprising起义，升起.

Five years ago: President Clinton, addressing the Democratic National Committee, implored⁸恳求，乞求 members to "bear down击败，压倒 and go forward" despite the results of the 1994 elections.

One year ago: Former Senator Dale Bumpers⁹ told the Senate impeachment弹劾，控告 trial of Bill Clinton the president was guilty of a "terrible moral lapse流逝，过失" but not of conduct warranting or even permitting his removal from office. Raul Salinas de Gortari, the brother of a former Mexican president, was convicted of masterminding策划 the murder of rival Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu and sentenced to 50 years.