CIIC:Selected anniversaries/November 27

1899: Birthday of General Dong Qiwu.

1927: The first music school was established in China.

1940: Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco.

1958: China's first seafaring vessel was launched.

1988: China's famous philosopher Du Renzhi died.

1994: A catastrophic fire raged in Fuxin City, killing 233 people.

2013: A gasoline leak near the Kunming-Shanghai railway line stranded about 8,000 people at Kunming Railway station.