November 27 Lee Jun Fan (Bruce Lee) is born.
February Appears in his first film at the age of
3 months
Enters La Salle College, a catholic boys’ school in Hong Kong
Begins to study Wing Chun gung fu under Yip Man
Wins Hong Kong’s Crown Colony Cha-Cha Championship
March 29 Enters St. Francis Xavier High School
April 29 Departs Hong Kong for the United States
May 17 Arrives in San Francisco
September 3 Arrives in Seattle and enters Edison Technical School
December 2 Graduates from Edison Technical School
May 27 Enters the University of Washington at the spring quarter
March 26 Returns to Hong Kong to visit family for the first time since leaving for the US.
August Returns to Seattle and opens gung fu school
Leaves University of Washington after spring quarter
July 19 Establishes a gung fu school in Oakland, California
August 2 Performs at the International Karate Tournament in Long Beach, California
August 17 Marries Linda Emery in Seattle
accepts challenge and wins right to teach gung fu to non-Chinese students
February 1 Son, Brandon Bruce Lee, is born in Oakland
February 8 Bruce Lee’s father, Lee Hoi Chuen, passes away in Hong Kong
March The Lee family moves to Los Angeles
June 6 Begins shooting “The Green Hornet” TV series
January 8 First appearance of the name “Jeet Kune Do” in Chinese in his daytimer
February 5 Opens the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute, Los Angeles
May 6 Performs at National Karate Championships in Washington D.C.
June 24 Appears at All-American Open Karate Championship, Madison Square Garden, New York
July 14 Hired to appear in an episode of “Ironside” in Los Angeles
July 30 Performs at Long Beach International Karate Tournament
June 23 Attends National Karate Championships in Washington D.C.
July 5 Hired as the technical director for the movie “The Wrecking Crew”
August 1 Hired to play a bad guy in MGM movie “Marlowe”
October 1 Moves to Bel Air
November 12 Films an episode of “Blondie”
April 19 Daughter, Shannon Emery Lee, is born in Santa Monica, California
Returns to Hong Kong with Brandon to visit family
Works with James Coburn and Stirling Silliphant on screenplay about the philosophy of martial are to be called, “The Silent Flute”
Pitches a TV series to Warner Brothers called “The Warrior” (later called “Kung Fu”)and begins collaborations to develop it.
July Goes to Thailand to film “The Big Boss” for Golden Harvest
December 7 Hears word from Warner Brothers he will not star in “The Warrior”; instead Caucasian actor, David Carradine, will star
Films second film for Golden Harvest (“Fist of Fury”)
Forms his own production company called “Concord”
Writes, directs, choreographs and stars in "The Way of the Dragon”
Oct – Nov Begins filming fight sequences for “Game of Death”
February Interrupts filming of “Game of Death” to film “Enter the Dragon”
July 20 Bruce Lee passes away in Hong Kong
July 31 Laid to rest in Seattle, Washington
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