Ticker-tape parade Timeline of Events

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Ticker-tape parade

A ticker-tape parade is a parade event held in a built-up urban setting, allowing large amounts of shredded paper to be thrown from nearby office buildings onto the parade route, creating a celebratory effect by the snowstorm-like flurry...

Timeline of Events

1886

10.29.1886

The first ticker-tape parade takes place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1927

6.13.1927

Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker-tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.

1969

8.13.1969

The ''Apollo 11'' astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.