2013 Event Pope Francis blessed thousands of Harley-Davidsons and their riders in Vatican Square; the riders were celebrating the company's 110th anniversary with a parade 2012 Event A Union Pacific train strikes a parade float in Midland, Teas, killing four people and injuring 17 others 2011 Event Venezuelans celebrate 200 years of independence from Spain with a military parade and parties in the streets 2004 Death Austin Willis, actor, Cross-Canada Hit Parade, dies at 86 2003 Death Gisele MacKenzie, "singer, actress", Your Hit Parade, dies at 76 1996 Event After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends 1995 Death 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 Event 1st Japanese gay pride parade 1994 Death Dorothy Collins, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 67 1992 Death Andy Russell, drummer/vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at 72 1991 Event Victory parade held in Washington D.C., Persian Gulf War 1991 Event Irish Lesbians and Gays march in St. Patrick Day parade 1991 Event Members of Irish Gay and Lesbian Organization march in New York City parade 1989 Death Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies 1989 Event Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary 1989 Event Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St. Patrick Day Parade 1988 Death Sugar Geise, actress (Rhythm Parade), dies after brief illness at 71 1988 Event Howard Stern fans disrupt WMMR's and John DeBella's "Louie Louie" parade 1987 Death Paul Clinton Sundberg, actor (Belle of NY, Easter Parade), dies 1985 Death Johnny Desmond, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies of cancer at 65 1985 Event Inaugural bands parade for President Reagan 1985 Event 1st live telecast of Easter Parade 1983 Event 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade 1982 Death Jacques Tatischeff, French actor and director (Parade), dies at 74 1977 Event Main Street Electrical Parade premieres at Disney 1970 Death Barry Wood, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 61 1969 Death Judy Garland, actress (Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade), dies at 47 1966 Death Claire McDowell, actress (Big Parade), dies after long illness at 88 1963 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament 1962 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament 1961 Event Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Bill Brannin's Swing Parade Golf Tournament 1956 Birthday 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 Death Fernand Leger, French painter (Grand Parade), dies 1951 Event Ticker-tape parade for General MacArthur in New York City 1950 Event "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV 1950 Event Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade 1949 Birthday Sheralee, born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, vocalist, Your Hit Parade 1949 Event 1st inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman) 1948 Death Rosita Marstini, actress (I Cover Waterfront, Big Parade), dies at 54 1947 Event 1st Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii 1945 Birthday Nicola Pagett, actress, Oliver's Story, Privates on Parade 1945 Birthday Vadim Abdrashitov, director, Fox Hunt, Parade of Planets 1943 Death Hobart Bosworth, actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade), dies at 76 1943 Event French, British and U.S. victory parade in Tunis Tunisia 1943 Event Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade" 1941 Event Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade 1941 Event 1st issue of "Parade" goes on sale 1940 Birthday Bill Kurtis, Pensacola, Florida, newscaster, American Parade 1938 Event Farewell Parade of International Brigades in Barcelona 1938 Event Farewell parade of International Brigade (Barcelona) 1937 Event Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade 1936 Event Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade 1935 Birthday Jill Corey, Avonmore, Pennsylvania, singer, Your Hit Parade 1935 Event "Your Hit Parade" begins broadcasting (becomes #1 quickly) 1935 Event "Your Hit Parade," debuts on radio 1935 Event "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio 1933 Death Renee Adoree, actress (Big Parade), dies at 35 1932 Event "We Want Beer!" parade in New York 1931 Event Warren, Dixon and Young's musical "Laugh Parade," premieres in New York City 1930 Birthday June Valli, born in Bronx, New York, singer, Your Hit Parade 1929 Birthday Russell Arms, born in Berkeley, California, vocalist, Your Hit Parade 1927 Event Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles Lindbergh to New York City 1927 Birthday Gisele MacKenzie, Winnipeg Manitoba, singer and actress, Your Hit Parade 1926 Birthday Dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer, Your Hit Parade 1926 Birthday Alan Copeland, born in Los Angeles, California, orchestra leader/singer, Your Hit Parade 1920 Event 1st Thanksgiving Parade in Philadelphia 1920 Birthday Johnny Desmond, born in Detroit, Michigan, singer, Your Hit Parade 1917 Event Silent Parade in New York City to protest murders of blacks in race riots 1917 Event Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris 1917 Birthday Bea Wain, U.S. singer/radio host, Lucky Strike Hit Parade 1916 Event A bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco killing 10 1914 Birthday Snooky Lanson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, Your Hit Parade, 5 Star Jubilee 1912 Event New York City ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe and victorious U.S. olympians 1912 Birthday Del Sharbutt, Cleburne, Texas, TV announcer, Your Hit Parade 1911 Birthday Charles Walters, U.S., actor/choreographer/director, Easter parade 1909 Birthday Barry Wood, New Haven, Connecticut, vocalist, Your Hit Parade 1908 Birthday Raymond Harry Warnow Scott, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Your Hit Parade 1908 Event N.Y. gives a ticker tape parade to returning U.S. Olympians from London 1906 Birthday Harry Sosnik, born in Chicago, orchestra leader, Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade 1906 Birthday Gil Lamb, born in Minneapolis, actor, Hit Parade of 1947, Riding High 1905 Birthday Lois Mailou Jones, U.S. painter, Peasants on Parade 1902 Birthday George Murphy, born in New Haven, Connecticut, Senator-R-California 1965 - 1971, actor and dancer, MGM Parade 1899 Birthday Fred Astaire, born in Omaha, Nebraska, tap dancer/actor, Easter Parade, Swingtime 1895 Birthday Samuel I Newhouse, U.S. millionaire publisher, Parade, Vogue, Glamour 1892 Birthday Lupino Lane, born in London, England, actress, Love Parade 1892 Birthday Ernst Lubitsch, Germany, actor, Love Parade 1882 Event 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in New York City 1877 Birthday Claire McDowell, New York City, actress, Big Parade 1869 Birthday Aurelien FM Lugne-Poe, French actor/stage manager, La Parade 1868 Event 1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio 1868 Event 1st U.S. parade with floats (Mardi Gras-Mobile Alabama) 1867 Birthday Hobart Bosworth, born in Marietta, Ohio, actor, Woman of Affairs, Big Parade 1762 Event 1st St. Patrick's Day parade in New York City
