Macy’s President Jack Straus donated approximately 650 pounds of rubber balloon material to the war effort. In 1945, after the war ended, two million people turned out for the parade.

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The rubber balloon has worn many hats since it was invented 200 years ago. It has been used to spruce up birthday parties and political rallies, operate flying machines and open arteries.

Kelley Whitty's daughter, Leah, got magnets from a reusable water balloon in her nose. She damaged her septum, but the outcome could have been worse.

According to Bretsch, since 2021, balloons have caused more than 170 power outages for Ameren customers in Missouri and Illinois, affecting approximately 14,000 customers.

The event was canceled 1942 to 1944 during World War II, when collection drives called for materials — like the rubber used in producing the balloons — for the war effort.

In China, the manufacture of weather balloons is dominated by a subsidiary of state chemical giant ChemChina, Zhuzhou R&D Institute for Rubber & Plastics (Zhuzhou Rubber), which makes 75% of high ...

The first time Stephanie Morace was asked to tie a balloon, she went straight to YouTube. "I was an engineer. I'd never even tied a balloon before I was 30 years old," she recently recalled, with ...

Macy’s President Jack Straus donated approximately 650 pounds of rubber balloon material to the war effort. In 1945, after the war ended, two million people turned out for the parade.