"Today in history: On Nov. 27, 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone (mah-SKOH'-nee) and city supervisor and gay rights activist Harvey Milk were fatally shot inside City Hall by former Supervisor Dan White. Also on this date: In 1895, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel signed his will and testament establishing the Nobel Prizes, bequeathing most of his fortune for annual prizes honoring outstanding achievements in peace, physics, chemistry, literature, and physiology or medicine."
"In 1924, Macy's first Thanksgiving Day parade billed as a Christmas Parade took place in New York. In 1934, bank robber and Public Enemy No. 1 Lester Joseph Gillis, better known as George Baby Face Nelson, was killed in a gunbattle with FBI agents in Barrington, Illinois. In 1970, Pope Paul VI, visiting the Philippines, was slightly wounded at the Manila airport by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest."
On Nov. 27, 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and city supervisor Harvey Milk were fatally shot inside City Hall by former Supervisor Dan White. In 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his will establishing the Nobel Prizes and bequeathed most of his fortune to annual awards in peace, physics, chemistry, literature, and medicine. In 1924, Macy's first Thanksgiving Day parade took place in New York. Other events include the 1934 death of bank robber Lester Joseph Gillis, the 1970 wounding of Pope Paul VI in the Philippines, a 2003 Thanksgiving visit to Iraq by President George W. Bush, and a 2015 attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. Notable birthdays include Manolo Blahnik, Kathryn Bigelow, Bill Nye, and Caroline Kennedy.
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