TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Nov. 21, 1980

87 people died in a fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev.

ON THIS DATE 1967

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Air Quality Act.

1980

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

1990

Junk-bond financier Michael R. Milken, who had pleaded guilty to six felony counts, was sentenced by a federal judge in New York to 10 years in prison.