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发帖数: 44903 | 1 Chicago police: 5M fans attended Cubs' World Series celebration
The Chicago Cubs know how to throw a party.
As the club paraded through the downtown Chicago streets Friday on multiple
buses, hoisting their new silverware high for the city to see, Chicago
police estimated that five million people turned out along the route and at
Grant Park for the celebration's final stop, according to WGNtv.com.
For comparison's sake, the city of Chicago itself only has a population of 2
.7 million, as of 2015.
It turned out Friday's festivities were also record-breaking. With five
million people turning out for the celebrations, the Cubs' parade and rally
also made it as the seventh-largest human gathering in history, tied with
the 1995 World Youth Day in the Philippines. | s*****h
发帖数: 44903 | 2 http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/215601786-story
FOX 32 NEWS - Officials estimate that 5 million people showed up to the
Chicago Cubs parade and rally Friday, making it the 7th largest gathering in
human history.
The Cubs celebration crowd even beat out the 3.5 million people who went to
Rod Stewart's 1994 concert in Rio.
The following are the largest human gatherings in history:
1. Kumbh Mela pilgrimage, India, 2013 - 30 million
2. Arbaeen festival, Iraq, 2014 - 17 million
3. Funeral of CN Annadurai, India, 1969 - 15 million
4. Funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran, 1989 - 10 million
5. Papal gathering in the Philippines, 2015 - 6 million
6. World Youth Day, 1995 - 5 million
7. Chicago Cubs World Series celebration - 5 million
8. Funeral of Gamal Abdel Nasser, 1970 - 5 million
9. Rod Stewart concert, Brazil, 1994 - 3.5 million
10. Hajj pilgrimage, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 2012 - 3 million
11. Anti-war march, Rome, 2003 - 3 million
Also, for now, the Cubs World Series celebration is the largest human
gathering in United States history. Until next year ;) Go Cubs! |
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