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
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 Tati[scheff], 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
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 "You're 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 A. 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, orch leader/singer, Your Hit Parade
1920 1st Thanksgiving Parade (Phila)
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, orch 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, orch 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, New Haven, Connecticut, Sen-R-Calif, /actor/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
1886 Statue of Liberty dedicated by President Grover Cleveland
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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