What day of the week was November 21, 1980?

The day of the week November 21st, 1980 fell on was a Friday.

There were 34 days until Christmas.

Sara García the Mexican actress (b. 1895) died on this day in 1980.

A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise the Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). 87 people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.