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The parade has been televised for over 40 years, beginning in 1978 on WGN-TV; which broadcast the parade until 2012. WCIU-TV covered the parade beginning in 2012 after it was canceled from WGN-TV but later canceled it in 2014. [79] WLS-TV has been broadcasting the parade since 1984. The 89th Annual Parade took place on August 11, 2018. [24]
August 13, 1969: Chicago ticker-tape parade for the crew of Apollo 11. The three Apollo 11 astronauts rode in ticker-tape parades in their honor in New York and Chicago, with an estimated six million attendees. On the same evening in Los Angeles there was an official state dinner to celebrate the flight, attended by members of Congress, 44 ...
1969 January 10 – Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, and William A. Anders, following the Apollo 8 mission to the Moon. August 13 – Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, following the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. October 20 – New York Mets championship in the World Series.
Ticker-tape parade in Chicago in 1969 for the Apollo 11 astronauts. A ticker-tape parade is a parade event held in an urban setting, characterized by large amounts of shredded paper thrown onto the parade route from the surrounding buildings, creating a celebratory flurry of paper.
August 1969 events in Mexico (1 P) U. August 1969 events in the United States (1 C, 6 P) This page was last edited on 25 March 2020, at 10:41 (UTC). Text is ...
August 1969 sports events in the United States (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "August 1969 events in the United States" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Pages in category "August 1969 events" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. August 1969 Il-18 ...
August 4, 1969 [2] The Circus World Museum is a museum complex in Baraboo, Wisconsin, ... The parade itself took a three-mile route through downtown Milwaukee. It was ...