Since 1886, those who have made significant achievements, heads of state, returning veterans and sport champions from the New York area have been honored with ticker-tape parades. Parades are traditionally held along Broadway also known as the "Canyon of Heroes" from the Battery to City Hall. Each of these 206 parades has been commemorated by the Alliance for Downtown New York City with a granite strip.
1886
October 28 – Statue of Liberty dedication (impromptu).
1889
April 29 – Centennial of George Washington's inauguration as first president of the United States
1899
September 30 – Admiral George Dewey, following return from Manila.
1910
June 18 – Theodore Roosevelt, following return from his African safari.
1912
August – U.S. Olympic Games athletes (Stockholm, Sweden).
1919
September 8 – General John J. Pershing, commander of American Expeditionary Force
October 3 – King Albert and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium
November 18 – Edward Albert, Prince of Wales.
1921
October 19 – General Armando Diaz, Italian commander.
October 28 – Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France.
1922
April 24 – Joseph Joffre, Marshal of France.
November 18 – Georges Clemenceau, former premier of France.
1923
October 5 – David Lloyd George, former prime minister of the United Kingdom.
1924
August 6 – U.S. Olympic athletes (Paris, Chamonix)
1925
October 21 – Captain Paul C. Grening and the crew of the SS President Harding for heroic sea rescue.
1926
February 16 – Captain George Fried and the crew of the SS President Roosevelt for heroic sea rescue.
May 27 – Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden
June 23 – Commander Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett, flight over the North Pole
July 2 – Bobby Jones, winner of the British Open golf tournament
August 27 – Gertrude Ederle, first woman to swim the English Channel
September 10 – Amelia Gade Corson, first mother and second woman to swim the English Channel
October 18 – Queen Marie of Romania.
1927
June 13 – Charles Lindbergh, following solo transatlantic flight.
July 18 – "Double" parade for Commander Richard Byrd and the crew of the America; and for Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine following separate transatlantic flights.
November 11 – Ruth Elder and George W. Haldeman following flight from New York City to the Azores.
1928
January 20 – W. T. Cosgrave, President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.
April 25 – Hermann Köhl, Major James Fitzmaurice, and Baron von Hünefeld following first westward transatlantic flight
August 22 – U.S. Olympic athletes.
May 4 – Prince Ludovico Spada Potenziani, governor of Rome
July 6 – Amelia Earhart, Wilmer Stulz, and Louis E. Gordon
September 20 – Aimé Tschiffely Swiss-Argentine Horse Rider from Buenos Aires to New York
October 16 – Hugo Eckener and the crew of the Graf Zeppelin
1929
January 28 – Captain George Fried and the crew of the America for rescue of the Italian freighter Florida
August 30 – Hugo Eckener and the crew of the [[LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin|Graf Zeppelin] after round the world trip]
October 4 – James Ramsay MacDonald, prime minister of the United Kingdom
1930
May 26 – Marquis Jacques de Dampierre, passenger aboard the Lafayette
June 11 – Julio Prestes de Albuquerque, president-elect of Brazil.
June 18 – Rear Admiral Richard Byrd following expedition to Antarctica.
July 2 – Bobby Jones, winner of the British Amateur and British Open golf tournaments.
September 4 – Captain Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte following flight from Paris to New York City.
1931
July 2 – Wiley Post and Harold Gatty following round-the-world flight.
October 22 – Pierre Laval, Prime Minister of France.
October 26 – Philippe Pétain, Marshal of France.
1932
June 20 – Amelia Earhart Putnam following transatlantic flight.
1933
July 21 – Air Marshal Italo Balbo and crew for flight from Rome to Chicago in 25 Italian seaplanes.
July 26 – Wiley Post following eight-day round-the-world flight.
August 1 – Captain James A. Mollison and his wife following westward transatlantic flight, from Wales to Connecticut.
1936
September 3 – Jesse Owens following winning four gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
1938
July 15 – Howard Hughes, following three-day flight around the world.
August 5 – Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan following flight from New York City to Ireland (he was scheduled to fly to California).
1939
April 27 – Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Märtha of Norway.
May 1 – Rear Admiral Alfred W. Johnson, commander of the Atlantic Squadron.
1945
June 10 – General Dwight Eisenhower, commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces.
August 27 – General Charles de Gaulle, interim president of France.
September 14 – General Jonathan Wainwright, hero of Corregidor.
October 9 – Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz.
October 27 – President Harry S. Truman.
December 14 – Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey.
1946
January 12 – New York City Victory Parade of 1946: 82nd Airborne Division (United States) James M. Gavin New York native. Chosen as the All American Division to represent the Army and the end of WWII.
March 14 – Winston Churchill, former prime minister of the United Kingdom
October 23 - Delegates to the first plenary session of the general assembly of the United Nations.
1947
January 13 – Alcide De Gasperi, premier of Italy.
February 7 – Viscount Harold Alexander of Tunis, governor general of Canada
May 2 – Miguel Alemán Valdés, president of Mexico
November 18 – U.S.-to-Europe "Friendship Train" bearing gifts and supplies.
1948
March 9 – Éamon de Valera, former Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland.
July 7 – Rómulo Gallegos, president of Venezuela
1949
February 3 – France-to-U.S. Merci Train bearing gifts in appreciation of the "Friendship Train"
May 19 – General Lucius D. Clay, military governor of Germany.
May 23 – Eurico Gaspar Dutra, president of Brazil.
August 11 – Elpidio Quirino, president of the Philippines
August 19 – Connie Mack, on his fiftieth anniversary as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics.
September 17 – Forty-eight European journalists on "American discovery" flight around United States.
October 4 – American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps national championship.
October 17 – Jawaharlal Nehru, prime minister of India.
1950
April 17 – Gabriel González Videla, president of Chile.
April 28 – Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid.
May 8 – Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan.
August 4 – Robert Gordon Menzies, prime minister of Australia.
August 22 – Lt. General Clarence R. Huebner
December – Ralph Bunche, United Nations mediator
1951
April 3 – Vincent Auriol, president of France
April 20 – General of the Army Douglas MacArthur
May 9 – David Ben-Gurion, prime minister of Israel
May 24 – U.S. 4th Infantry Division 8th Regimental Combat Team, first troops sent overseas in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
June 25 – Galo Plaza Lasso, president of Ecuador
September 17 – Sir Denys Lowson, Lord Mayor of the City of London.
September 28 – Alcide De Gasperi, prime minister of Italy.
October 29 – United Nations servicemen wounded in Korea.
November 13 – women of the armed forces
1952
January 17 – Captain Henrik Kurt Carlsen, following rescue of the crew of the Flying Enterprise
April 7 – Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.
July 7 – U.S. Olympic team.
July 18 – Commodore Harry Manning and the crew of the United States following new speed record crossing the Atlantic.
December 18 – Lt. General Willis D. Crittenberger. World War II combat commander in Italy and retiring commander of US First Army headquartered at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York.
1953
January 30 – Vice Admiral Walter S. DeLany, Commander of the Navy's Eastern Sea Frontier and the Atlantic Reserve Fleet
April 3 – Metropolitan New York Combat Contingent, first troop transport to return from Korea.
April 24 – Lt. General James A. Van Fleet.
July 21 – Ben Hogan, winner of the Triple Crown of Golf.
October 1 – José Antonio Remón, president of Panama
October 20 – General Mark W. Clark
October 26 – Major General William F. Dean
November 2 – King Paul and Queen Friederike of Greece.
1954
February 1 – Celal Bayar, president of Turkey.
April 22 – U.S. 4th Infantry Division, following return from Korea
April 26 – Lieutenant Geneviève de Galard-Terraube, the "Angel of Dien Bien Phu".
June 1 – Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia.
August 2 – Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea.
September 27 – New York Giants, winners of the National League pennant.
October 28 – William V.S. Tubman, president of Liberia.
November 19 – Lt. Gen. Withers A. Burress, retiring Commander of the First Army
1955
January 31 – Paul Eugène Magloire, president of Haiti.
August 11 – Order of the Knights of Pythias.
November 4 – Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala.
December 9 – Luis Batlle Berres, president of Uruguay.
1956
March 12 – Giovanni Gronchi, president of Italy.
May 15 – Armed Forces Day.
May 23 – Sukarno, president of Indonesia.
1957
May 2 – Navy League tribute for 60 commanders of the Navy and Marines during World War II.
May 13 – Ngo Dinh Diem, president of South Vietnam.
July 2 – Captain Alan J. Villiers and the crew of the Mayflower II.
July 11 – Althea Gibson, winner of the Wimbledon women's singles championship.
October 21 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
December 9 – King Mohammed V of Morocco.
1958
May 20 – Van Cliburn, winner of the Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition. The only musician to ever receive a ticker tape parade tribute.
June 20 – Theodor Heuss, president of West Germany.
June 23 – Carlos P. Garcia, president of the Philippines.
August 27 – Rear Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Commander William Anderson, and the crew of the USS Nautilus.
1959
January 29 – Arturo Frondizi, president of Argentina.
February 10 – Willy Brandt, mayor of West Berlin.
March 13 – José María Lemus, president of El Salvador.
March 20 – Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland.
May 29 – King Baudouin of Belgium.
September 11 – Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands.
October 14 – Adolfo López Mateos, president of Mexico.
November 4 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, president of Guinea.
1960
March 9 – Carol Heiss, Olympic figure skating gold medalist.
April 11 – Alberto Lleras Camargo, president of Colombia.
April 26 – Charles de Gaulle, president of France.
July 5 – King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit Kitiyakara of Thailand.
October 19 – John F. Kennedy, Democratic presidential nominee.
November 2 – President Dwight Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon, Republican presidential nominee.
1961
April 10 – New York Yankees, winners of the American League pennant.
May 11 – Habib Bourguiba, president of Tunisia.
October 13 – Ibrahim Abboud, president of Sudan.
October 27 – builders and crew of the USS Constellation
1962
March 1 – John Glenn, following the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission.
April 5 – João Goulart, president of Brazil.
April 9 – New York Yankees, winners of the World Series.
April 12 – New York Mets, upon entering the National League.
April 16 – Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Empress Farah of Iran.
May 25 – Félix Houphouët-Boigny, president of Ivory Coast.
June 5 – Scott Carpenter, following the Mercury 7 mission.
June 8 – Archbishop Makarios, head of the Cypriot Orthodox Church and president of Cyprus.
June 14 – Roberto F. Chiari, president of Panama.
1963
January 17 – Antonio Segni, president of Italy.
April 1 – King Hassan II of Morocco.
May 22 – Gordon Cooper, following the Mercury 9 mission.
June 10 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, president of India.
September 10 – King Mohammed Zahir Shah and Queen Homaira of Afghanistan.
October 4 – Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia.
1964
July 16 – Operation Sail vessel crews.
October 8 – Diosdado Macapagal, president of the Philippines.
1965
March 29 – Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young, following the Gemini 3 mission.
May 19 – Chung Hee Park, president of South Korea.
1969
January 10 – Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, and William A. Anders, following the Apollo 8 mission to the Moon.
August 13 – Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins, following Apollo 11 mission to the Moon.
October 20 – New York Mets championship in the World Series.
1971
March 8 - Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, and Stuart Roosa, following Apollo 14 mission to the Moon.
August 24 - David Scott, James Irwin, and Alfred Worden, following Apollo 15 mission to the Moon.
1977
October 19 – New York Yankees championship in the World Series.
1978
October 19 – New York Yankees championship in the World Series.
1979
October 3 – Pope John Paul II.
1981
January 30 – American hostages released from Iran.
1984
August 15 – U.S. Summer Olympics medalists.
1985
May 7 – Vietnam War veterans.
1986
October 28 – New York Mets championship in the World Series.
1990
June 20 – Nelson Mandela of South Africa.
1991
June 10 – Gulf War veterans.
June 25 – Korean War veterans.
1994
June 17 – New York Rangers, winners of the Stanley Cup championship.
1996
October 29 – New York Yankees championship in the World Series.
1998
October 17 – Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs right fielder, who hit 66 home runs that season, and for helping with hurricane relief efforts in the Dominican Republic.
October 29 – New York Yankees championship in the World Series.
November 16 – John Glenn and astronauts of Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-95.
1999
October 29 – New York Yankees championship in the World Series.
2000
October 30 – New York Yankees championship in the World Series.
2008
February 5 – New York Giants championship in Super Bowl XLII.
2009
November 6 – New York Yankees championship in the World Series.
2012
February 7 – New York Giants championship in Super Bowl XLVI.
2015
July 10 – United States women's national soccer team championship in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Richard E. Byrd (3), George Fried (2), Bobby Jones (2), Amelia Earhart (2), Wiley Post (2), Dwight D. Eisenhower (2), Charles de Gaulle (2), Haile Selassie (2), John Glenn (2), Alcide De Gasperi (2).
New York Yankees (9), New York Mets (3), New York Giants (football) (2), New York Giants (baseball) (1), New York Rangers (1), United States women's national soccer team (1).
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