Friday Headlines: Brawl of the Wild, kidnapping, Tinworks

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TOP HEADLINES:

Man charged with kidnapping after stealing car with 7-year-old inside in Bozeman

Former Bobcat players share memories ahead of Brawl of the Wild

Tinworks nonprofit transforms downtown Bozeman theater into cultural hub

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Events from November 21:

• 1620 — Mayflower Compact signed aboard the Mayflower at Cape Cod (recorded as Nov. 21; Old Style/Julian date shown in some sources as Nov. 11). Early compact for self‑government by the Plymouth settlers.
• 1783 — First free manned hot‑air balloon flight: Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d’Arlandes flew over Paris (about 5.5 miles in ~25 minutes).
• 1890 (disputed) — Edison lab films the short test motion picture “Monkeyshines No. 1” (often dated to late November 1890; exact date disputed among sources).
• 1916 — Sinking of HMHS Britannic (sister ship to Titanic) in the Aegean Sea after an explosion; ~30 people died, most on board rescued.
• 1920 — “Bloody Sunday” in Dublin (Irish War of Independence): coordinated IRA assassinations and violent reprisals that day resulted in many deaths and marked a major escalation.
• 1974 — Birmingham pub bombings (England): deadly IRA bombings at two pubs, large civilian casualties.
• 1986 — Oliver North and his secretary, Fawn Hall, began shredding documents tied to the Iran‑Contra affair (reported to have begun Nov. 21).
• 1995 — Leaders of Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia initialled the peace terms that led to the Dayton Accords, helping to end the Bosnian War.

Notable births

• 1694 — Voltaire (François‑Marie Arouet) — French Enlightenment writer and philosopher.
• 1920 — Stan Musial — U.S. Baseball Hall‑of‑Famer (“Stan the Man”).
• 1945 — Goldie Hawn — U.S. actress and producer.
• 1965 — Björk (Björk Guðmundsdóttir) — Icelandic singer‑songwriter.
• 1969 — Ken Griffey Jr. — U.S. Major League Baseball star.
• 1971 — Michael Strahan — U.S. football player and television personality.
• 1985 — Carly Rae Jepsen — Canadian singer‑songwriter.

Notable deaths

• 1695 — Henry Purcell — English Baroque composer.
• 1811 — Heinrich von Kleist — German writer and dramatist (died by suicide pact).
• 1970 — C. V. Raman — Indian physicist, Nobel laureate (Raman effect).
• 1993 — Bill Bixby — U.S. actor/director (My Favorite Martian; The Incredible Hulk).
• 1996 — Abdus Salam — Pakistani theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate.
• 2017 — David Cassidy — U.S. singer/actor (The Partridge Family).
  

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