--- description: This chart shows one more reason why the celebration for the Women's World Cup team is a true honor title: It's Much Harder to Get a Ticker-Tape Parade Than It Used to Be image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [History](/section/history/) ## History Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # It's Much Harder to Get a Ticker-Tape Parade Than It Used to Be by [Heather Jones](/author/heather-jones/) and [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/) Jul 10, 2015 3:00 PM CUT by [Heather Jones](/author/heather-jones/) and [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/) Jul 10, 2015 3:00 PM CUT When the U.S. women’s soccer team is [honored on Friday](http://time.com/3952722/new-york-city-world-cup-parade/ "undefined") with a ticker-tape parade in New York City, to celebrate their World Cup victory, it will be the first such parade in more than three years, and only the fifth of the 2000s. For the city to pull out all the stops is rare these days, so it’s that much more of a big deal. But, as the chart below shows, it used to be that ticker-tape parades happened practically all the time. In 1953 alone, there were 11 parades, honoring everyone from the King and Queen of Greece to, in honor of the 150th anniversary of City Hall, employees of New York City. Here’s how the frequency of ticker-tape parades has changed over the years:  **_Read more:_** [A Brief History of Ticker-Tape Parades](http://time.com/3950093/ticker-tape-parades "undefined") ### See 13 Historic Parades for Star Athletes  British Open champion Bobby Jones is welcomed to New York on July 2, 1930. Bettmann/Corbis  American swimmer Gertrude Ederle, the first female to swim across the English Channel, is crowned 'Queen of the Waves' in New York City on Sept. 8, 1926\. The month before, she had been honored with a ticker-tape parade. Topical Press Agency/Getty Images  American athlete and Olympic gold medal winner Jesse Owens waves at fans during a ticker tape parade in honor of the U.S. athletes who competed in the Berlin Olympic Games, in New York, on Sept. 3, 1936. Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images  Baseball's Connie Mack stands up in a car to acknowledge the cheers of New Yorkers lining lower Broadway, New York City, on Aug. 19, 1949. AP  Alvin Dark and Willie Mays of the National League champion New York Giants, with a young fan (Kevin Currey, 4) during a parade on Sept. 27, 1954, Sam Goldstein—Bettmann/Corbis  Althea Gibson, tennis great, waves to the crowd on July 11, 1957. NY Daily News/Getty Images  Carol Heiss, Olympic ice skating champion, receives a parade on Mar. 9, 1960. Bettmann/Corbis  William Ebner, Gregory Klee, and Daniel Yaccarino, members of the Little League World Championship team, Staten Island's Mid-Island All-Stars, during a parade on Sept. 3, 1964. Bettmann/Corbis  The New York Yankees ride in a ticker-tape parade in lower Manhattan on Oct. 19, 1978, after winning the World Series. Ron Frehm—AP  Pitcher Ron Darling at the New York Mets' parade on Oct. 28, 1986, after the team won the World Series. Mel Finkelstein—NY Daily News/Getty Images  Adam Graves (far left) and Captain Mark Messier (sunglasses) with Ranger teammates during a ticker-tape parade in honor of their Stanley Cup win, on June 17, 1994\. Brian Leetch holds the cup, Keith Torrie—NY Daily News/Getty Images  The Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa, between flags from the United States and the Dominican Republic, during a parade in his honor on Oct. 17, 1998, after he tied the single-season home-run record. Mitch Jacobson—AP  Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg, with Michael Strahan and Eli Manning of the New York Giants, during the Super Bowl XLII victory parade in New York City on Feb. 5, 2008. 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