This Day In History

November 27th

1779  The College of Pennsylvania became the University of Pennsylvania, the first legally recognized university in America.
1889  The first driving permit was given to Curtis P. Brady to drive an automobile through Central Park in New York City with a pledge to New York Police that he would not frighten the horses in the park.
1910  Pennsylvania Station (now called Penn Station) opened in New York City.
1951  16-year-old Hosea Richardson becomes the first black (Afro-American) horse racing jockey.

1843  Capitalist Cornelius Vanderbilt
1917  TV Host Buffalo Bob (Smith)
1940  Martial Arts Star Bruce Lee (Liu Yuen Kam)
1942  Musician Jimi Hendrix
1944  Musician Eddie Rabbitt
1957  Daughter of US President Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy
1964  Actress/Singer/Model Robin Givens (first Afro-American Miss America, also the first to be deposed because she posed nude in Penthouse Magazine, which actually accelerated her career).

1957

• Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley

• You Send Me - Sam Cooke

• Melodie D'amour - The Ames Brothers

• Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers

1965

• I Hear a Symphony - The Supremes

• Turn! Turn! Turn! - The Byrds

• Let's Hang On! - The 4 Seasons

• May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose - 'Little' Jimmy Dickens

1973

• Photograph - Ringo Starr

• Top of the World - Carpenters

• Space Race - Billy Preston

• The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich

1981

• Physical - Olivia Newton-John

• Waiting for a Girl like You - Foreigner

• Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) - Air Supply

• All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down) - Hank Williams, Jr.

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