NOVEMBER 27
1978:City Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay
politician to hold prominent elected office, and San Francisco Mayor
George Moscone are murdered at City Hall by Dan White, a disgruntled
former member of the board of supervisors.
1924: Macy's department store stages its first Christmas parade (later known as the Thanksgiving Day
parade) in New York City, featuring hundreds of employees, floats, live
animals, bands, balloons and Christmas-themed window displays. The
Macy's parade tradition is still going strong nearly 90 years later.
1942: French Adm. Jean de Laborde orders the scuttling of a
fleet of French ships and submarines at the southern port of Toulon, in
order to avoid the fleet's capture by the German navy in World War II.
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