On this day: November 27

POSTED: 10:35 PM PST Nov 26, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Nov 26, 2012 

Alfred Nobel establishes the Nobel Prize, Baby Face Nelson dies in a shootout with the FBI, Harvey Milk is assassinated, MTV bans Madonna, and Tiger Woods crashes his SUV, all on this day.

OTD November 27 - Thanksgiving Day Parade
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1924: In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held. The inflatable balloons the parade is known for today would come along in 1927. The parade, originally known as the Macy's Christmas Parade, is tied for the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States along with America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit.

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