Today in history: On Nov. 21, 1980, 85 people died, most due to smoke inhalation, after a fire broke out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Also on this date: In 1920, on “Bloody Sunday,” the Irish Republican Army killed 14 suspected British intelligence officers in the Dublin area; British forces responded by raiding a soccer match, killing 14 civilians. In 1964, The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, at the time the longest suspension bridge in the world, was opened to traffic. In 1980, an