The Rose Parade has been canceled before. Here’s why and what happened

The Rose Parade, now canceled for 2021, hadn’t been canceled for 75 years, but it has happened.
Here’s a comprehensive list of reasons: coronavirus and World War II. That’s it.
Since 1890, the parade has rolled through Pasadena almost every year, but it was stopped in its Colorado Boulevard tracks three times during World War II — 1942, 1943 and 1945, according to Tournament of Roses Chief Executive David Eads, who spoke to this newsgroup on Tuesday.
Slated for Jan. 1, 19