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2004 Austin Willis, actor, Cross-Canada Hit Parade, dies at 86
2003 Gisele MacKenzie, "singer, actress", Your Hit Parade, dies at 76 1996 After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends 1995 Michael VerMeulen, writer, journalist, magazine editor, broke story on U.S. AIDS epidemic, published in Vanity Fair, Parade, GQ founding features editor, dies at 38 1994 1st Japanese gay pride parade 1994 Dorothy Collins, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 67 1992 Andy Russell, drummer/vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at 72 1991 Victory parade held in Washington D.C., Persian Gulf War 1991 Irish Lesbians and Gays march in St. Patrick Day parade 1991 Members of Irish Gay and Lesbian Organization march in New York City parade 1989 Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies 1989 Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary 1989 Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St. Patrick Day Parade 1988 Sugar Geise, actress (Rhythm Parade), dies after brief illness at 71 1988 Howard Stern fans disrupt WMMR's and John DeBella's "Louie Louie" parade 1987 Paul Clinton Sundberg, actor (Belle of NY, Easter Parade), dies 1985 Johnny Desmond, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies of cancer at 65 1985 Inaugural bands parade for President Reagan 1985 1st live telecast of Easter Parade 1983 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade 1982 Jacques Tatischeff, French actor and director (Parade), dies at 74 1977 Main Street Electrical Parade premieres at Disney 1970 Barry Wood, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 61 1969 Judy Garland, actress (Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade), dies at 47 1966 Claire McDowell, actress (Big Parade), dies after long illness at 88 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament 1961 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Bill Brannin's Swing Parade Golf Tournament 1956 Michael VerMeulen, born in Chicago, Illinois, writer, journalist, magazine editor, broke story on U.S. AIDS epidemic, published in Vanity Fair, Parade, GQ founding features editor 1955 Fernand Leger, French painter (Grand Parade), dies 1951 Ticker-tape parade for General MacArthur in New York City 1950 "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV 1950 Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade 1949 Sheralee, born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, vocalist, Your Hit Parade 1949 1st inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman) 1948 Rosita Marstini, actress (I Cover Waterfront, Big Parade), dies at 54 1947 1st Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii 1945 Nicola Pagett, actress, Oliver's Story, Privates on Parade 1945 Vadim Abdrashitov, director, Fox Hunt, Parade of Planets 1943 Hobart Bosworth, actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade), dies at 76 1943 French, British and U.S. victory parade in Tunis Tunisia 1943 Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade" 1941 Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade 1941 1st issue of "Parade" goes on sale 1940 Bill Kurtis, Pensacola, Florida, newscaster, American Parade 1938 Farewell Parade of International Brigades in Barcelona 1938 Farewell parade of International Brigade (Barcelona) 1937 Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade 1936 Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade 1935 Jill Corey, Avonmore, Pennsylvania, singer, Your Hit Parade 1935 "Your Hit Parade" begins broadcasting (becomes #1 quickly) 1935 "Your Hit Parade," debuts on radio 1935 "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio 1933 Renee Adoree, actress (Big Parade), dies at 35 1932 "We Want Beer!" parade in New York 1931 Warren, Dixon and Young's musical "Laugh Parade," premieres in New York City 1930 June Valli, born in Bronx, New York, singer, Your Hit Parade 1929 Russell Arms, born in Berkeley, California, vocalist, Your Hit Parade 1927 Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles Lindbergh to New York City 1927 Gisele MacKenzie, Winnipeg Manitoba, singer and actress, Your Hit Parade 1926 Dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer, Your Hit Parade 1926 Alan Copeland, born in Los Angeles, California, orchestra leader/singer, Your Hit Parade 1920 1st Thanksgiving Parade in Philadelphia 1920 Johnny Desmond, born in Detroit, Michigan, singer, Your Hit Parade 1917 Silent Parade in New York City to protest murders of blacks in race riots 1917 Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris 1917 Bea Wain, U.S. singer/radio host, Lucky Strike Hit Parade 1916 A bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco killing 10 1914 Snooky Lanson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, Your Hit Parade, 5 Star Jubilee 1912 New York City ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe and victorious U.S. olympians 1912 Del Sharbutt, Cleburne, Texas, TV announcer, Your Hit Parade 1911 Charles Walters, U.S., actor/choreographer/director, Easter parade 1909 Barry Wood, New Haven, Connecticut, vocalist, Your Hit Parade 1908 Raymond Harry Warnow Scott, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Your Hit Parade 1908 N.Y. gives a ticker tape parade to returning U.S. Olympians from London 1906 Harry Sosnik, born in Chicago, orchestra leader, Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade 1906 Gil Lamb, born in Minneapolis, actor, Hit Parade of 1947, Riding High 1905 Lois Mailou Jones, U.S. painter, Peasants on Parade 1902 George Murphy, born in New Haven, Connecticut, Senator-R-California 1965 - 1971, actor and dancer, MGM Parade 1899 Fred Astaire, born in Omaha, Nebraska, tap dancer/actor, Easter Parade, Swingtime 1895 Samuel I Newhouse, U.S. millionaire publisher, Parade, Vogue, Glamour 1892 Lupino Lane, born in London, England, actress, Love Parade 1892 Ernst Lubitsch, Germany, actor, Love Parade 1882 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in New York City 1877 Claire McDowell, New York City, actress, Big Parade 1869 Aurelien FM Lugne-Poe, French actor/stage manager, La Parade 1868 1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio 1868 1st U.S. parade with floats (Mardi Gras-Mobile Alabama) 1867 Hobart Bosworth, born in Marietta, Ohio, actor, Woman of Affairs, Big Parade 1762 1st St. Patrick's Day parade in New York City |
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