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Bruce Lee Timeline

1940's
November 27, 1940 Bruce Lee born at Jackson Street Hospital,
San Francisco CA

February 1941 Appears in his first film “Golden Gate


Girl” (a.k.a. Tears of San Francisco)

February 1941 Travels back to Hong Kong with his


parents

1946 Appears in first real acting film


role "The Birth of Mankind"

November 24, 1948 Premier of "Wealth is Like a Dream"

May 6, 1949 Premier of "Sai See in the Dream, The


Story of Fan Lei-fa"

1950's
February 20, 1950 Premier of "Blooms and Butterflies"

May 31, 1950 Premier of "The Kid" (a.k.a. My Son A-


Chang)

April 12, 1951 Premier of "The Birth of Mankind" (a.k.a


The Beginning of a Boy/Infancy)
September 1951 Bruce enters La Salle College in Hong
Kong

1953 Begins studying Wing Chun

April 30, 1953 Premier of "The Guiding Light" (a.k.a. A


Son is Born)

June 28, 1953 Premier of "A Mother Remembers"


(a.k.a. A Mother’s Tears)

September 27, 1953 Premier of "It’s Father’s Fault" (a.k.a. Blame It


on Father/Sins of the Father)

October 8, 1953 Premier of "A Myriad Homes" (a.k.a


Countless Families/Ten Million People)

November 27, 1953 Premier of "In the Face of Demolition"

1955 Premier of "Love Part I"

January 8, 1955 Premier of "Love Part II" (a.k.a. The


Carnival)

February 11, 1955 Premier of "An Orphan’s Tragedy"

June 24, 1955 Premier of "The Faithful Wife"


September 8, 1955 Premier of "Orphan’s Song"

October 21, 1955 Premier of "We Owe It to Our Children"


(a.k.a. The More the Merrier/Debt Between Mother and Son)

February 25, 1956 Premier of "Sweet Time Together" (a.k.a.


Wise Guys Who Fool Around)

September 10, 1956 Enters St. Francis Xavier High School

December 22, 1956 Premier of "Too Late for Divorce"

March 14, 1957 Premier of "Thunderstorm"

December 6, 1957 Premier of "Darling Girl"

1958 Wins Crown Colony Cha-Cha


Championship

March 29, 1958 Defeats 3 yr champ Gary Elms in boxing


competitions at the King George V school

May 2, 1958 Defeats Chinese boxer student of Lung


Chi Chuen on Union Road in Kowloon City

1958 Stars in "The Orphan"

1958 Begins learning Gung Lik Qun


and Jit Qun from Sifu Jiu Hong Shang
April 29, 1959 Travels back to San Francisco, CA via
"The President Wilson" steamship

May 4, 1959 The President Wilson makes its first


port of call in Osaka, Japan

May 17, 1959 Arrives in San Francisco, CA

May - July 1959 Performs various demonstrations at


Chinese Community Halls in San Francisco, CA (credit: user LJF -
Bruce Lee Lives Tribute Forum)

June 22, 1959 Flies to New York to visit his father who
is performing for 3 weeks with the Hong Kong Cantonese Opera
Troupe. Takes Southern Praying Mantis style martial art lessons from
Sifu Gin Foon Mark

July 18, 1959 Graduates St. Francis Xavier High


School in Hong Kong

August 1959 Performs demonstration at Seattle


Chinese Seafair Festival (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives Tribute
Forum)

September 3, 1959 Enrolls in the Edison Technical School in


Seattle, WA

Sep - Dec 1959 Performs demonstrations at various


Seattle high schools and colleges (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives
Tribute Forum)
Late 1959 Performs demonstration at Edison
Technical Schools "Asian Day" Celebration (credit: user LJF - Bruce
Lee Lives Tribute Forum)

1960's
Early 1960 Performs demonstration at Seattle
Chinatown's Chinese New Year Celebration (credit: user LJF - Bruce
Lee Lives Tribute Forum)

March 3, 1960 Premier of "The Orphan" (a.k.a. Orphan


Ah-Sam)

April 8, 1960 Bruce performs Chinese Boxing/Judo


Demonstration with Masafusa Kimura at Alpha Phi Omega's 2nd
Annual Fight Night at Seattle University Gym

October 28, 1960 Bruce and students give a Judo & Gung Fu
demonstration at Seattle's Yesler Terrace Gymnasium

November 1960 Performs demonstration at Seattle


Downtown Y.M.C.A. (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives Tribute Forum)

November 27, 1960 Celebrates his 20th birthday with students at


Tai Tung restaurant in Seattle's Chinatown

December 2, 1960 Graduates from Edison Technical School

Early 1961 Performs demonstration at Seattle


Chinatown's Chinese New Year Celebration (credit: user LJF - Bruce
Lee Lives Tribute Forum)
Early 1961 Performs demonstration at
Vancouver Chinatown Theater (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives
Tribute Forum)

Early Feb 1961 Performs demonstration on Seattle TV


station KCTS Ch. 9 (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives Tribute Forum)

February 14, 1961 Bruce and some of his students give a Gung
Fu demonstration at Seattle's Yesler Terrace Gymnasium

Early Mar 1961 Performs demonstration on Seattle TV


station KCTS Ch. 9 (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives Tribute Forum)

March 27, 1961 Enrolls in the University of Washington

April 1, 1961 Accepts challenge from Karate Black


Belt named Uechi. Defeats him at the YMCA in 11 seconds

May 1961 Performs demonstration on


University of Washington Campus (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives
Tribute Forum)

August 1961 Performs demonstration at Seattle's


World Trade Fair (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives Tribute Forum)

November 27, 1961 Celebrates his 21st birthday at Bush Garden


Restaurant with students in Seattle's Chinatown
Late 1961 Performs demonstration at Highline
Hisgh School and other Seattle area high schools (credit: user LJF -
Bruce Lee Lives Tribute Forum)

Early 1962 Performs demonstration at Seattle


Chinatown's Chinese New Year Celebration (credit: user LJF - Bruce
Lee Lives Tribute Forum)

April 1962 Starts the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute


in Seattle’s Chinatown at 609 S Weller St

August 1962 Performs demonstration at Ralph


Castro's Kenpo Karate School in San Francisco CA (credit: user LJF -
Bruce Lee Lives Tribute Forum)

August 9, 1962 Bruce performs a gung fu demonstrations


with student Doug Palmer in Vancouver, British Columbia

September 1962 Performs demonstration at Seattle's World


Trade Fair (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives Tribute Forum)

October 10, 1962 Performs demonstration at Republic of


China (ROC) National Independence Day in Seattle Chinatown (credit:
user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives Tribute Forum)

Late Nov 1962 Spends the Thanksgiving holiday period


with James & Katherine Lee in Oakland, CA

November 27, 1962 Celebrates his 22nd birthday with friends at


The Lantern restaurant in Oakland, CA
December 19, 1962 Bruce and James Lee pickup 1,500 copies
of Bruce's book “Chinese Gung Fu: The Philosophical Art of Self-
Defense" from the publisher in Berkley CA

Early 1963 Performs demonstration at Seattle


Chinatown's Chinese New Year Celebration (credit: user LJF - Bruce
Lee Lives Tribute Forum)

March 26, 1963 Takes his student Doug Palmer back to


Hong Kong for homecoming visit

August 15, 1963 Bruce and Doug leave Hong Kong to


return to Seattle. Bruce opens second gung fu school at 418 1/2 8th
Avenue S

August 1963 Performs demonstration at Wally Jay's


Island Ju Jitsu Club in Hawaii (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives
Tribute Forum)

October 5, 1963 Moves Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute to 4750


University Way in Seattle's Chinatown

October 5, 1963 Performs demonstration at University of


Washington Open House (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives Tribute
Forum)

Fall 1963 Performs demonstration at Garfield


High School Seattle, WA (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives Tribute
Forum)

October 25, 1963 First date with Linda Emery at the


revolving Space Needle in Seattle WA
Late 1963 Performs demonstration at Ed
Parker's Kenpo Karate School in Pasadena CA (credit: user LJF - Bruce
Lee Lives Tribute Forum)

Early 1964 Performs demonstration at Seattle


Chinatown's Chinese New Year Celebration (credit: user LJF - Bruce
Lee Lives Tribute Forum)

May 2, 1964 Attends Wally Jay's 1964 luau at


Island Judo Ju Jitsu Club in Alameda, CA

July 19, 1964 Establishes gung fu school in Oakland,


CA

August 2, 1964 Performs at Ed Parker’s Long Beach


International Karate Championships (IKC) Tournament

August 17, 1964 Marries Linda Emery at the King County


Courthouse, Seattle WA

August 1964 Bruce and Linda relocate from Seattle


to Oakland. They move in with James Yimm Lee and family

September 1964 Performs demonstration at Sing Lee


Theater in Los Angeles CA (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives Tribute
Forum)

October 5, 1964 James Lee's wife passes away (Bruce and


Linda were living with the Lee's at that time)
Late 1964 Gives a Wing Chun demonstration at
Sun Sing Theater in San Francisco's Chinatown

November 1964 Takes up challenge from Wong Jack Man.


This fight convinces Bruce he needs more than Wing Chun

February 1, 1965 Brandon Lee born in Oakland, CA

February 5, 1965 Gives screen test at 20th Century Fox for


TV series Charlie Chan’s Number One Son

February 7, 1965 Father Lee Hoi Chuen passes away in


Hong Kong
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Feb 15 - Mar 6, 1965 Returns to Hong Kong for three weeks after
his father's death

May 7 - Sep 1965 Takes Brandon with him and Linda to Hong
Kong to visit his family

September 21, 1965 Signs a contract with 20th Century Fox as an


actor

March 1966 The Lee family moves to Los


Angeles CA

Mid-April 1966 Performs demonstration for the Japan


America Society in CA (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives Tribute
Forum)

April 30, 1966 Signs a contract with 20th Century Fox


for the Green Hornet TV Series
May 25, 1966 Gives Burt Ward (Robin from the
Batman show) his one and only gung fu lesson

June 6, 1966 Begins filming the Green Hornet

June 21, 1966 Pens letter to William Dozier asking for


increased lines for Kato in future Green Hornet scripts

September 9, 1966 The Green Hornet begins to air on ABC-TV


until July 14, 1967

October 15, 1966 Bruce appears at the South Bay Annual


Karate Championships (SBAKC) at El Camino College, Torrance CA

January 8, 1967 First appearance of the name Jeet Kune


Do in his day timer

January 27, 1967 Appears as Kato on the ABC-TV series


Batman

February 5, 1967 Starts the Jun Fan Gung Fu institute at 628


College Street, Chinatown

February 9, 1967 Open house seminar held at new Jun Fan


Gung Fu institute

March 8, 1967 The Green Hornet series ends


May 6, 1967 Performs at the 1967 National Karate
Championships (NKC) Washington, DC

May 1967 Performs demonstration at the


George Dillman Karate Institute in Reading, Pennsylvania (credit: user
LJF - Bruce Lee Lives Tribute Forum)

June 24, 1967 Appears at the All America Open


Karate Championships (AAOKC) Madison Square Garden, New York

July 9, 1967 Uses the term "Jeet Kune Do" in


writing for the first time

July 14, 1967 Shoots an episode of the TV Series


"Ironside"

July 30, 1967 Attends the 1967 Ed Parker


International Karate Championships (IKC) Tournament in Long Beach,
CA

August 25, 1967 Bruce has first training session with actor
Steve McQueen at McQueen's home

September 30, 1967 Bruce holds first training session with


martial arts champion Mike Stone

October 20, 1967 Chuck Norris begins training with Bruce


Lee

November 4, 1967 Performs demonstration at Wally Jay's


Judo Ju Jitsu Club in Alameda CA (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives
Tribute Forum)
January 1968 Bruce is interviewed by college
journalist Jack Jobe at an event to raise money for cerebral palsy

January 25, 1968 Bruce has first private lesson with Karate
champion Joe Lewis

February 29, 1968 Bruce has business cards printed detailing


his rates for private instruction

March 18, 1968 Stirling Silliphant calls Bruce to inquire


about private lessions

March 20, 1968 Bruce has lunch with Stirling Silliphant


and writer Joe Hyams regarding potential private instruction

March 25, 1968 Bruce starts private lessons with Stirling


Silliphant and Joe Hyams

April 6, 1968 Attends National Gung Fu Exhibition


(NGFE) at Civic Auditorium in San Francisco CA

June 23, 1968 Attends National Karate Championships


(NKC) in Washington, DC

July 5, 1968 Works as martial arts director on "The


Wrecking Crew" starring Dean Martin

August 3, 1968 Attends International Karate


Championships (IKC) in Long Beach CA (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee
Lives Tribute Forum)
August 21, 1968 Acts as a villain in the movie "Marlowe"
starring James Garner.

August 26, 1968 Bruce visits Bob Smith Volkswagen-


Porsche to test drive a porsche

August 27, 1968 Steve McQueen gives Bruce a puppy. Bruce


names it Riff

September 13, 1968 Performs demonstration at Tino Tuiolosega's


LIMA LIMA school in CA (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives Tribute
Forum)

September 19, 1968 Bruce attends an early screening of friend


Steve McQueen's movie "Bullitt"

October 1, 1968 Moves to Bel Air, CA

October 12, 1968 Goes to Carrolton, Mississippi with Steve


McQeen. Serves as McQueen's personal trainer for the film "The
Reivers"

November 1, 1968 Bruce goes to actor James Coburn's place


for his first private lesson

November 12, 1968 Films an episode of the TV series "Blondie"

November 15-22, 1968 Films an episode of the TV series "Here Comes


the Brides"
January 7, 1969 Writes inspirational note “My Definite
Chief Aim”

January 13, 1969 Bruce meets with screenwriter Stirling


Silliphant and actor/friend James Coburn to discuss "The Silent Flute"

January 14, 1969 Bruce goes to dinner and a movie with


James Coburn and his wife

January 20, 1969 Bruce, Silliphant and Coburn meet with


Silliphant's nephew Mark to discuss "The Silent Flute" screenplay

January 28, 1969 Bruce has a minor accident in his Porsche

February 13, 1969 Bruce begins listening to motivational


tapes and starts on a treatment for "The Silent Flute"

February 28, 1969 Bruce meets with Silliphant and Coburn


regarding additional ideas he has for "The Silent Flute"

Early 1969 Performs demonstration with


George Dillman in Boston MA (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives
Tribute Forum)

April 17-21, 1969 Works as martial arts director on Stirling


Silliphant's film "A Walk in the Spring Rain"

April 19, 1969 Shannon Lee born in Santa Monica, CA


May 10, 1969 Attends National Karate Championships
(NKC) in Washington DC (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives Tribute
Forum)

May 12, 1969 Bruce, Silliphant and Coburn again meet


with Silliphant's nephew Mark to discuss add'l Silent Flute updates

May 24, 1969 Attends All Star Karate Championships


(ASKC) in California (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives Tribute Forum)

May 30, 1969 Bruce's mom Grace and younger brother


Robert visit the Lee's in Bel Air, CA

June 3, 1969 Linda has an accident in Bruce's


Porsche

July 25, 1969 Mark Silliphant is fired as screenwriter


for The Silent Flute

August 2, 1969 Attends International Karate


Championships (IKC) in Long Beach CA (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee
Lives Tribute Forum)

August 8, 1969 Actress Sharon Tate and hair stylist Jay


Sebring - both friends/students of Bruce - are killed by the Manson
family

August 13, 1969 Bruce attends Sharon Tate and Jay


Sebring's funerals

October 21, 1969 Bruce gives demonstration in Dallas to


promote Marlowe
October 27, 1969 Performs demonstration at the Mattson
Academy of Karate in Boston MA

October 31, 1969 Marlowe is released to mediocre reviews

December 1, 1969 Joe Lewis' beautician wife goes to Bruce's


house to highlight his hair later accusing him of making a pass at her

December 25, 1969 Steve McQueen's movie "The Reivers" is


released

1970's
January 29, 1970 Bruce closes his Chinatown school

February 5-9, 1970 Travels to the Dominican Republic with


Jhoon Rhee to help promote the Jhoon Rhee Institute

February 16-26, 1970 Teaches martial arts to director Roman


Polanski in Switzerland

March 7, 1970 Bruce attends Krishnamurti public


speaking engagement at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

March 27, 1970 Brings 5-yr old Brandon back to Hong


Kong

April 9, 1970 Bruce interviews with Michael Hui on


HKTVB with Brandon for "Enjoy Yourself Tonight"
April 10, 1970 Bruce appears in RTV "Golden Hour"
show with son Brandon

April 16, 1970 Bruce returns to America

April 25, 1970 Bruce appears at the Dallas Karate


Championships (DKC) in Texas (credit: user LJF - Bruce Lee Lives
Tribute Forum)

May 24, 1970 Bruce appears at the National Karate


Championships (NKC) and is awarded a plaque by Jhoon Rhee as
Special Guest of Honor

August 13, 1970 Severely injures his back lifting weights


without properly warming up

January 23, 1971 Bruce has dinner with Warner Bros.


executive Ted Ashley

Jan 29 - Feb 11, 1971 Goes to India with James Coburn and Stirling
Silliphant to scout locations for Silent Flute

May 1971 Golden Harvest sends Lau Leung


Wah to USA to convince Bruce to star in two films

June 21-July 1, 1971 Plays supporting role in first episode of TV


series Longstreet titled "Way of the Intercepting Fist"

June 28, 1971 Joins Golden Harvest to shoot two


movies
July 12, 1971 Departs for Thailand to film "The Big
Boss"

July 29, 1971 Bruce attends birthday party for Big


Boss co-star Maria Yi

September 3, 1971 Returns to Hong Kong after "The Big Boss"


completes and gives impromptu interview at airport

September 3, 1971 Sits for interview by Tam Peng Man in TVB


for "Enjoy Yourself Tonight"

September 4, 1971 Sits for interview by Gou Leung and David Lo


in ATV

September 6, 1971 Back to USA to film three additional episodes


of Longstreet

September 24, 1971 Bruce meets with Warner Bros Tom Kuhn to
discuss the Kung Fu TV series

October 11, 1971 Departs for Hong Kong with Linda, Shannon
and Brandon

October 23, 1971 Sits for interview by Lau Ka Kit on HKTVBs


"Enjoy Yourself Tonight" with Bob Baker

October 30, 1971 "The Big Boss" premiers and makes $3.2M
in 23 days
November 19, 1971 Appears in a special program on HKTVB for
The Big Boss

December 7, 1971 Receives telegram from Warner Bros that


Kung Fu TV series has been rejected

December 9, 1971 Sits for interview with Pierre Burton

December 29, 1971 Forms own production company Concord


Productions

January 21, 1972 Interview with Pierre Burton airs on


HKTVB

March 11, 1972 "Fist of Fury" premiers at midnight

March 21, 1972 Bruce, along with Raymond Chow and


his wife, celebrate Linda's birthday in Hong Kong

March 22, 1972 "Fist of Fury" premieres and breaks all


records set by "The Big Boss"

April 10, 1972 Stirling Silliphant arrives in Hong Kong


to discuss The Silent Flute

May 4, 1972 Bruce departs for Rome for the


shooting of "Way of the Dragon"
May 5, 1972 Bruce, Raymond Chow, Chaplin Chang
and Tadashi Nishimoto (cinematographer) arrive in Rome

May 18, 1972 Bruce returns to Hong Kong with Bob


Wall and Chuck Norris

May 19, 1972 Bruce and Raymond Chow visit Angela


Mao Ying on the set of her film Hapkido

May 20, 1972 Bruce appears on HKTVB's "Enjoy


Yourself Tonight" with Chuck Norris and Bob Wall

June 13, 1972 Bruce visits Angela Mao Ying on the set
of her film Hapkido again, this time with Bob Wall and Chuck Norris

June 24, 1972 Bruce attends Unicorn Palm press


conference with fellow actor and friend Unicorn

July 29, 1972 Participates in HKTVB's telethon for


June 18 Flood. Demonstrates with Brandon Lee and Wu Ngan

August 22, 1972 Bruce and friend Unicorn visit Shaw


Brothers studios

Sep to Nov 1972 Moves into No. 41 Cumberland Road,


Kowloon Tong district

October 29, 1972 Bruce flys to Los Angeles to negotiate his


contract with Warner Bros. for "Enter the Dragon"
November 15, 1972 Bruce has his sweat glands removed by Dr.
Otto Au at Canossa Hospital in Hong Kong

November 19, 1972 Bruce appears on HKTVB's "Enjoy Yourself


Tonight" to celebrate TVB's 5th anniversary

November 1972 Begins filming fight sequences for "Game


of Death"

November 20, 1972 Black Belt Magazine grants Lee the 1972
Martial Artist of the year Award

November 23, 1972 Bruce signs a contract with Warner Bros to


film "Enter the Dragon"

December 2, 1972 Signs contract with Warner Bros for "Enter


the Dragon"

December 20, 1972 Sifu Yip Man passes away

December 21, 1972 Selected as one of the Top 10 Movie Stars by


Overseas Chinese Daily

December 22, 1972 Bruce attends Yip Man's memorial ceremony


with other Wing Chun students

December 23, 1972 "Way of the Dragon" premiers at midnight and


breaks previous box office records

December 30, 1972 Bruce's students Ted Wong and Herb Jackson
visit Bruce in Hong Kong
December 30, 1972 James Yimm Lee passes away from cancer in
Oakland, CA

February 1, 1973 Bruce takes out $200,000 life insurance


policy with American International Assurance (AIA) Company

March 13, 1973 Begins production of "Enter the Dragon"

April 1973 Bruce is guest of honor for Sports


Day ceremony at St. Xaviers School

April 30, 1973 Bruce takes out 2nd life insurance


policy this time for $1,350,000 from Lloyd's of London

May 10, 1973 Collapses at Golden Harvest Studios


during dubbing session for "Enter the Dragon"

May 29 - 30, 1973 Flies to California to conduct complete


physical exam. During this time he meets with Dan Inosanto for the
last time

June 15, 1973 Bruce appears on Hong Kong TVBs


"Enjoy Yourself Tonight"

July 5, 1973 Clashes with director Lo Wei at


Golden harvest studios

July 5, 1973 Sits for interview by Ho Sau Shun in


TVB for the show "Enjoy Yourself Tonight"
July 20, 1973 Loses consciousness at Betty Ting
Pei’s apartment. He is rushed to Queen Elizabeth hospital where he is
pronounced dead at 11:30 pm

July 25, 1973 Over 25,000 people attend Lee's


Kowloon funeral service

July 26, 1973 Linda takes Bruce's body to the United


States for burial

July 31, 1973 A second funeral is held at Lakeview


Cemetery in Seattle where Lee is laid to rest. Pall bearers include
Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Dan Inosanto and brother Robert Lee

August 19, 1973 "Enter the Dragon" premieres

August 24, 1973 "Enter the Dragon" shows at Graumann's


Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA

September 3, 1973 The official investigation into the death of


Bruce Lee begins in Hong Kong

September 24, 1973 The cause of Lee’s death is cited as Death by


Misadventure by the coroner

October 1, 1975 Tao of Jeet Kune Do is published by


Ohara Publications

June 7, 1979 "Game of Death" is released.


Producers combine unused real footage of Bruce with body doubles,
tricky camera shots and cardboard cutouts. Bruce Lee spins in his
grave!

1990's
March 31, 1993 Bruce's son Brandon Lee killed on the
set of the movie "The Crow"

April 28, 1993 Bruce Lee receives his star on the


Hollywood Walk of Fame

May 7, 1993 "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story"


starring Jason Scott Lee (no relation) is released

April 22, 1994 Bruce Lee receives lifetime


achievement award at 13th annual Hong Kong film awards

November 15, 1995 Hong Kong post office releases Bruce Lee
postage stamp

January 10, 1996 Some of Bruce Lee's original students


meet in Seattle to form "The Nucleus"

August 4, 1998 Bruce Lee Day declared in Puerto Rico

2000's
October 21, 2000 Bruce Lee Day declared in San Francisco,
CA
May 24, 2004 Bruce Lee receives Ethnic
Multicultural Media Academy Legacy Award in London, England

March 28, 2005 Bruce Lee named Star of the Century at


the Hong Kong Film Awards

November 25, 2005 Bruce Lee statue revealed in Mostar, Bosnia

November 27, 2005 Bruce Lee statue revealed in Hong Kong

May 10, 2012 Congressional resolution to recognize


Bruce Lee's impact on American culture

June 15, 2013 Bruce Lee statue unveiled in Los


Angeles, CA

July 20, 2013 "Bruce Lee: Kung Fu - Art - Life"


exhibition opens in Hong Kong

October 3, 2014 Bruce Lee Day declared in Seattle, WA

October 4, 2014 "Do You Know Bruce?" Year 1 exhibition


opens at the Wing Luke Museum in Chinatown, Seattle WA and runs
from October 4, 2014 through September 6, 2015

October 3, 2015 "Do You Know Bruce? Breaking Barriers"


Year 2 exhibition opens and runs from October 3, 2015 through
September 4, 2016 at the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle WA
October 1, 2016 "Do You Know Bruce? A Day in the Life of
Bruce Lee" Year 3 exhibition opens and runs from October 1, 2016
through February 11, 2018 at the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle WA

March 10, 2018 "Do You Know Bruce Lee: A Dragon Lives
Here" Year 4 exhibition opens at the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle WA

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