1919
One of the first ticker-tape parades was held, welcoming the Prince of Wales to New York City
Ticker tape came from Wall Street. Rolls of paper were used to record stock trades long before computers were invented. As the paper rolled over pins that punched stock information read by stock brokers, it would leave holes
When a big parade was organized, the shredded tape was scooped up and thrown out of windows on the marchers below
We now call the stuff confetti
1928
The first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon premiered in New York
It was Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie – starring Mickey Mouse
1985
Joe Theismann, quarterback of the Washington Redskins, broke his leg after being hit by New York Giants’ linebacker Lawrence Taylor
The injury ended Theismann’s football career
1997
The Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays begin taking shape with 35 selections apiece in baseball’s expansion draft.
This is how the Diamondbacks and Devil Rays began their baseball lives
2000
Michael Douglas married Catherine Zeta-Jones
He’s older than her dad
and then lastly…
2001
Nintendo released the GameCube home video game console in the United States
-Tyler Jackson
