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The following is a list of ticker-tape parades in New York City. Such parades are traditionally held in the "Canyon of Heroes".

Contents 1 1880s 2 1890s 3 1900s 4 1910s 5 1920s 6 1930s 7 1940s 8 1950s 9 1960s 10 1970s 11 1980s 12 1990s 13 2000s 14 Individuals honored with multiple parades 15 Sports franchises honored 16 References

• 1886
  • October 29 - Statue of Liberty dedication (impromptu).

• 1899
  • September 30 - Admiral Dewey, following return from Manila.

• 1909
  • Date unknown - Jack Binns, radio operator aboard the SS Republic.

• 1910
  • June 18 - Theodore Roosevelt, following return from his African safari.
• 1919
  • September 8 - General 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 V. Diaz, Italian commander.
  • October 28 - Ferdinand Foch, marshal of France.
• 1922
  • April 24 - Joseph J.C. 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)
• 1926
  • February 16 - Captain George Fried and the crew of the SS President Roosevelt for heroic sea rescue.
  • May 27 - Crown Prince Gustav 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 - Commander Richard Byrd and the crew of the America following transatlantic flight.
  • 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 - Herman Koehl, Major Fitzmaurice, and Baron von Henefeld following transatlantic flight
  • August 22 - U.S. Olympic athletes.
  • May 4 - Prince Ludovico Spado Potenziani, governor of Rome
  • July 6 - Amelia Earhart, Wilmer Stulz, and Louis E. Gordon
  • 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
  • October 4 - James Ramsay MacDonald, prime minister of the United Kingdom

• 1930
  • May 26 - Maquis Jacques de Dampierre, passenger abord 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 Open golf tournament.
  • 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.
• 1932
  • June 20 - Amelia Earhart Putnam following translatlantic flight.
• 1933
  • July 21 - Air Marshal Italo Balbo and crew for flight from Rome to Chicago in 25 Italian seaplanes.
  • 1933 July 26 - Wiley Post following eight-day round-the-world flight.
  • 1933 August 1 - Captain James A. Mollison and his wife following first westward transatlantic flight, from Wales to Connecticut.
• 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
  • March 14 - Winston Churchill, former prime minister of the United Kingdom
• 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 - Eamon de Valera, former Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland.
  • July 7 - Rómulo Gallegos, president of Venezuela
• 1949
  • February 3 - France-to-U.S. "French gratitude 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, president of Pakistan.
  • August 4 - Robert Gordon Menzies, prime minister of Australia.
  • August 22 - Lt. General Clarence R. Huebner
• 1951
  • April 3 - Vincent Auriol, president of France
  • April 20 - General 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 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 - 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.
• 1953
  • 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 British Open golf tournament.
  • 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 - 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.
• 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 Battle 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 - 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.
  • June 20 - Theodor Heuss, president of the Federal Republic of 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 - Sean 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 - 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 MA-6 mission.
  • April 5 - João Goulart, president of Brazil.
  • April 9 - New York Yankees, winners of the World Series.
  • April 16 - Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Empress Farah of Iran.
  • April 12 - New York Mets, upon entering the National League.
  • 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.
  • 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 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.

• 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 - Persian Gulf War veterans.
  • June 25 - Korean War veterans.
• 1994
  • June 17 - New York Rangers, winners of Stanley Cup hockey championship.
• 1996
  • October 23 - New York Yankees championship in the World Series.
• 1998
  • October 17 - Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs baseball star
  • October 29 - New York Yankees, winners of 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.

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 (7), New York Mets (3), New York Giants (baseball) (1), New York Rangers (1).

• Kenneth T. Jackson, ed. The Encyclopedia of New York City; Yale University Press (1995).