List of Ticker-tape Parades in New York City - 1950s

1950s

  • 1950
    • April 17 - Gabriel González Videla, president of Chile.
    • April 28 - Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid.
    • May 8 - Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister 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 the City 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 - Captain 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. World War II combat commander in Italy and retiring commander of US First Army headquartered at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York.
  • 1953
    • January 30 - Vice Admiral Walter S. DeLany, Commander of the Navy's Eastern Sea Frontier and the Atlantic Reserve Fleet
    • 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 Batlle 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 - Captain 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. The only musician to ever receive a ticker tape parade tribute.
    • 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 - Seán 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 - Ahmed Sékou Touré, president of Guinea.

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