November 21 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for November 21
In the headlines today:

2004	Kurt Busch wins his first NASCAR Nextel Cup Series championship.
1999	China enters the space race with an unmanned test of its astronaut-capable spacecraft.
1995	The Dow Jones industrial average closes above 5,000 for the first time.
1993	Actor Bill Bixby dies of prostate cancer at age 59.
1990	The Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger and model Jerry Hall are married.
1987	Actress Demi Moore and actor Bruce Willis are married.
1980	An estimated 75% of the total US primetime TV viewing audience watch the season opener of the CBS series Dallas to find out "who shot J.R."
1980	A fire sweeps through the plush MGM Grand Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas, killing 87 people.
1979	Two Americans are killed as an angry mob attacks the US Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan.
1964	The Verrazano Narrows Bridge in New York is officially opened.
1945	Guatemala is admitted to the United Nations.
1942	Canada's Alaska highway is officially opened.
1916	Emperor Franz Josef of Austria dies at age 86.
1934	The Cole Porter musical Anything Goes opens on Broadway in New York City.
1783	The first manned balloon flight occurs, as the Marquis Francois Laurant d'Arlandes and Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier reach an altitude of 300 feet in Paris.
1789	North Carolina becomes the 12th state to ratify the US Constitution.