History Blog

November 27

Happy Birthday RIP Bruce Lee(李小龍 1940–1973) Edward “Eddie” Rabbitt(1941–1998) Johnny “Jimi” Hendrix(1942–1970) James Avery(1945–2013) ; Heidemarie Jiline “Jil” Sander–79 William “Bill” Nye–67 William Fichtner–66 Caroline Kennedy–65 Robin Givens–58 Michael Vartan–54 Jaleel White–46 ; 1910 – New York’s Penn Station opened ; 1924 – the first Macys Thanksgiving Parade is held in NYC but not televised until 1948 ; 1978 – In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White