List of Ticker-tape Parades in New York City - 1940s

1940s

• 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
• 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.