TODAY IN HISTORY

On Nov. 21, 1920, the Irish Republican Army killed 12 British intelligence officers and two auxiliary policemen in the Dublin area; British forces responded by raiding a soccer match, killing 14 civilians.

In 1979, a mob attacked the US Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing two Americans.

In 1980, an estimated 83 million TV viewers tuned in to the CBS prime-time soap opera “Dallas” to find out “who shot J.R.”

In 1990, junk-bond financier Michael R. Milken, was sentenced by a federal judge to 10 years in prison.

In 2001, Ottilie Lundgren, a 94-year-old resident of Oxford, Connecticut, died of inhalation of anthrax; she was the apparent last victim of a series of anthrax attacks carried out through the mail system.

In 2020, a federal judge in Pennsylvania tossed out a Trump campaign lawsuit seeking to prevent certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the state.