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| Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Broadway in the upper 40s, 1979. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
NOVEMBER 27
1924: The tradition of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade begins when the department store stages its first Christmas-themed parade between Central Park West and Herald Square in New York City, featuring hundreds of employees, floats, live animals, bands, balloons and Christmas window displays. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade is still going strong nearly 90 years later.
1927:Penn Station opens in NY
1973: Gerald R. Ford is confirmed as vice president in a 92-3 vote by the U.S. Senate; the House of Representatives approves as well, and Ford would be sworn in on Dec 6. Ford replaces former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, who resigned after pleading guilty to income tax evasion. Only nine months later, Ford would assume the presidency after the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
1978: San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay politicians to hold prominent elected office, and Mayor George Moscone are murdered at City Hall by Dan White, a disgruntled former member of the Board of Supervisors.
1948:Honda Motors opens a location in the United States for the first time.
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