10/21/2026
In 2016, the streets of Chicago turned into a massive sea of blue, white, and red.
It was November fourth, and the Chicago Cubs were celebrating something that had not happened in one hundred and eight years.
They had finally won the World Series baseball championship.
To celebrate this historic moment, the city threw a giant victory parade and rally.
City officials looked at the massive crowds and estimated that a mind-blowing five million fans showed up to cheer for their favorite team.
Because so many people packed into the streets and parks, this celebration became known as one of the largest gatherings of human beings in the history of the world.
In fact, many reports at the time placed it seventh on the list of the biggest crowds ever recorded.
It also broke records as the largest, peaceful gathering ever seen in the Western Hemisphere and the biggest crowd for a sports celebration in history.
Fans of all ages lined up for miles just to get a quick glimpse of the players riding by on open-top buses.
While the official number from the city is five million people, science experts who study big crowds say that number might be a little bit too high.
They explain that it is physically very hard to fit that many human bodies into the streets and parks along the parade route.
Even if the real number was a bit lower than five million, nobody can deny that the crowd was absolutely enormous.
The energy in the city was filled with pure joy and excitement. People who were there will never forget the feeling of celebrating a historic sports victory with millions of their neighbors.
It remains a legendary day in sports history that proved just how much fans loved their team.
