Today in history: Nov. 21
In 1980, 87 people died in a fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, and more events that happened on this day in history.
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1931: "Frankenstein"
In 1931, the Universal horror film “Frankenstein,” starring Boris Karloff as the monster and Colin Clive as his creator, was first released.
1967: The Air Quality Act
In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Air Quality Act.
1979: Islamabad, Pakistan
In 1979, a mob attacked the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing two Americans.
1980: MGM Grand Hotel
In 1980, 87 people died in a fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
1985: Jonathan Jay Pollard
In 1985, U.S. Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard was arrested accused of spying for Israel. (Pollard later pleaded guilty to espionage and was sentenced to life in prison; he was released on parole on Nov. 20, 2015.)
1992: Bob Packwood
In 1992, Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Ore., issued an apology but refused to discuss allegations that he’d made unwelcome sexual advances toward ten women over the years. (Faced with a threat of expulsion, Packwood ended up resigning from the Senate in 1995.)
1992: Tornado
In 1992, a three-day tornado outbreak that struck 13 states began in the Houston area before spreading to the Midwest and eastern U.S.; 26 people were killed.
1995: Balkan Leaders
In 1995, Balkan leaders meeting in Dayton, Ohio, initialed a peace plan to end three and a-half years of ethnic fighting in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BAHZ’-nee-ah HEHR’-tsuh-goh-vee-nah).
2001: Ottilie Lundgren
In 2001, Ottilie (AH’-tih-lee) Lundgren, a 94-year-old resident of Oxford, Conn., died of inhalation anthrax; she was the apparent last victim of a series of anthrax attacks carried out through the mail system.
2010: Ireland
Ten years ago: Debt-struck Ireland formally applied for a massive EU-IMF loan to stem the flight of capital from its banks, joining Greece in a step unthinkable only a few years earlier when Ireland was a booming Celtic Tiger and the economic envy of Europe.
2010: Justin Bieber
Ten years ago: Justin Bieber received four American Music Awards, becoming at age 16 the youngest performer to win artist of the year.
2015: Belgium
Five years ago: Belgian authorities closed down Brussels’ subway system and flooded the streets with armed police and soldiers in response to what they said was a threat of Paris-style attacks.
2015: John Bel Edwards
Five years ago: Louisiana Democrats reclaimed the governor’s mansion for the first time in eight years as John Bel Edwards defeated Republican David Vitter in a runoff election.
2018: Donald Trump and John Roberts
In 2018, President Donald Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts publicly clashed over the independence of America’s judiciary, with Roberts rebuking the president for denouncing a judge hearing a migrant asylum challenge as an “Obama judge.”
2019: Benjamin Netanyahu
One year ago: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted in a series of corruption cases; the charges were the first ever against a sitting Israeli prime minister. (Netanyahu is currently on trial.)
2019: Fiona Hill
One year ago: Fiona Hill, a former White House official, testified to House investigators that President Donald Trump’s top European envoy had been sent on a “domestic political errand” seeking investigations of Democrats; the testimony challenged a main line of the president’s defense in the impeachment probe.
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