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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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