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1867 Apr 1 |
The International Exhibition, Exposition Universelle, opened in Paris. Links: France, Expo 
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1876 Jun 25 |
Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated his telephone at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Brazil's Emperor Dom Pedro was among the witnesses. Links: Brazil, Pennsylvania, Expo
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1878 May 1 |
The third Paris World’s Fair opened and continued to Nov 10. It showcased ice machines and electric street lights. Links: France, Expo
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1880 |
Melbourne, Australia, held an Int’l. Exposition. Links: Australia, Expo
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1893 |
Charlie Wacker, director of the World's Columbian Exposition and a friend of Louis Glunz, was instrumental in making Louis a bottler of Schlitz beer for the Chicago Exposition. Links: USA, Illinois, Chicago, Beer, Expo
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1893 |
Farida Mazar Spyropoulos, also performing under the stage name Fatima, appeared as Little Egypt” at the "Street in Cairo" exhibition on the Midway at the World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago. Links: USA, Chicago, Dance, Expo
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1894 Jan 27 |
The privately financed Mid-Winter International Exposition opened in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. It featured an Electric Tower, a Fine Arts Building and a Royal Pavilion. The Tennis courts were situated at their current site. It was the result of a campaign led by Michael de Young, founding publisher of the SF Chronicle. The Egyptian-styled fine arts building became the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum. Links: USA, SF, Expo
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1894 Jan |
The "Prayer Book Cross" sculpture, a sandstone copy of a Celtic cross, was made for San Francisco’s Mid-Winter Fair and remained in Golden Gate Park. The cross was built to commemorate a June 23, 1579, sermon given somewhere around Point Reyes by Francis Fletcher, the chaplain of the Golden Hind, the first-ever Protestant service in North America. Links: USA, SF, Expo
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1894 Jan |
The Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park was designed for the Mid-Winter Exposition by Makoto Hagiwara, inventor of the fortune cookie (1914). Links: USA, SF, Expo
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1894 Jul 4 |
San Francisco’s Mid-Winter Fair at Golden Gate Park closed down. More than 1.3 million people had attended. Links: USA, SF, Expo
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1900 |
The Lohner-Porsche was introduced at the World’s Fair in Paris. The hybrid car relied on batteries and a generator to produce electricity for its motors. Ferdinand Porsche working for Jacob Lohner in Vienna put electric motors into the hubs of the wheels of the Lohner-Porsche. Links: Austria, France, Cars, Expo
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1901 Mar 1 |
At the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, NY, the electric current was turned on at the Agricultural building by Henry Rustin, chief of the Mechanical and Electricity Bureau, and the 4000 lamps on the exterior of the building blazed into radiant beauty. The Exposition, which opened informally on May 1, was held on a 342 acre site between Delaware Park Lake on the south, the New York Central railroad tracks on the north, Delaware Avenue on the east, and Elmwood Avenue on the west. The fair featured the latest technologies, including electricity and the baby incubator building, and attracted nearly 8 million people. A 400-foot electric tower was the centerpiece. Links: USA, New York, Expo
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1909 Jun 1 |
Pres. William Howard Taft touched a key in Washington, DC, sending a signal to Seattle, opening the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Expo at the Seattle World’s Fair, as well as a signal to NYC initialing the New York to Seattle Automobile Race. Links: USA, NYC, Cars, Washington, TaftW, Expo
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1910 Nov |
SF city voters approved a $5 million bond for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Int’l. Exposition. Voters also approved a $45 million bond to fund the Hetch Hetchy project for water from the Tuolumne River originating on Mount Lyell. The Expo had begun as an idea by Reuben Hale, founder of Hale Bros., a local department store chain. In 1911 ground was broken for the fair. Links: Panama, USA, SF, Expo
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1910 |
China’s imperial Manchu house staged a world’s fair in Nanjing calling it the “South Seas Encouraging Industry Meeting.” 14 foreign countries took part. Links: China, Expo
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1914 Oct 16 |
In San Francisco the last spike of the Overfair Railway was driven for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. The miniature rail project to carry visitors around the fair was led by Oakland millionaire Louis Mac Dermot (d.1948). In 1979 Albert Smith, railroad buff and graduate of Cal Poly, acquired the Overfair steam locomotives, after inheriting Orchard Supply Hardware, and set them up on his Swanton Pacific Ranch. The ranch and railroad were left to Cal Poly following Smith’s death in 1993. Links: USA, SF, Expo
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1914 |
SF bought 125 streetcars from the Jewett Car Co. in Ohio and put them to work hauling passengers for the Panama Pacific Int’l. Exposition. Links: USA, Ohio, SF, Expo
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1915 Feb 20 |
In San Francisco a 49-foot-long mural by William de Leftwich Dodge, title Atlantic and Pacific,” graced the 43-story Tower of Jewels for the Panama-Pacific Expo. After the expo it was put into storage until 2015 when the de Young Museum unrolled it for public viewing. Links: Artist, USA, SF, Expo
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1915 Apr 22 |
The Australian ship Success, billed as a convict museum, docked in SF, Ca., for the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. While there a short film made by the Keystone Film Company called “Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco.” Links: Australia, USA, SF, Film, Expo
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1915 Aug 11 |
In San Francisco the Cairo Café on the Joy Zone of the Panama-Pacific Exposition was closed down following complaints some half dozen Oriental maids had been imported from the brothels of the Barbary Coast. Links: USA, SF, Expo
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1915 Nov 2 |
San Francisco’s Panama-Pacific Expo celebrated San Francisco day and drew an estimated 348,472 people, equal to about 70% of the city’s population. Links: USA, SF, Expo
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1915 Dec 4 |
San Francisco’s Panama-Pacific Expo closed. Over 450,000 people attended the last day of the fair. Links: USA, SF, Expo
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1935 May 29 |
The California Pacific Exposition opened in San Diego. Organizers of the San Diego Exposition thought that a horny robot and a vanguard of big-breasted nudist women might help cheer people up. Thus came "Zorine the Queen of the Nudists and Alpha the mechanical Man.” Links: USA, California, Expo
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1939 Feb 18 |
The Golden Gate International Exposition opened on Treasure Island in the SF Bay. Zoe Dell Lantis (1915-2020), a ballerina and nightclub dancer, served as one of the theme girls for the expo. Links: USA, SF, SF Bay Area, Expo
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1940 May 25 |
The Golden Gate International Expo reopened on treasure Island. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Expo
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1940 Sep 29 |
In the SF Bay Area the $7.8 Int'l. Exposition on Treasure Island closed at a financial loss. During its 2 seasons some 17 million people visited the 404-acre man made island. It had been organized to compete with the 1939 New York World's Fair. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Expo
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1940 Oct 27 |
The 1939 New York World’s Fair officially closed. In 2010 James Mauro authored “Twilight at the world of tomorrow: Genius, Madness, Murder, and the 1939 World’s Fair on the Brink of War.” Links: USA, NYC, Expo
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1951 May 3 |
The Festival of Britain, a national exhibition, officially opened. Links: Britain, Expo
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1958 Apr 17 |
A World Fair opened in Brussels, Belgium. The 335-foot Atomium, representing a large-scale metal molecule, was built to celebrate the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels. It became one of Belgium's most famous landmarks and in 2005 was restored to its shiny splendor, the faded aluminum sheets on the nine balls fully replaced with hardy stainless steel. Links: Belgium, Expo
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1959 May 25 |
In San Francisco Walter S. Johnson, president of the Palace of Fine Arts League, said he would save the monument if nobody else would. He soon pledged $2 million to save the plaster relic that dated back to the 1915 Panama Pacific Expo. Links: USA, SF, Donation, Expo
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1964 Apr 22 |
At the opening of the New York World’s Fair in Queens the Vermersch family from Belgium introduced Belgian waffles, topped with fresh whipped cream, powdered sugar and sliced strawberries. They had first served the treat two years earlier at the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle, and for years after they made the waffles at the annual New York State Fair in Syracuse. But it was at the 1964 event in New York City that the waffles became a sensation. Links: Belgium, USA, NYC, Food, Expo
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1967 Apr 27 |
Expo '67 was officially opened in Montreal by Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. The urban theme park, La Ronde, was built on the Ile Sainte-Helene for the exposition and continues on to today. The Expo featured the big-screen, multi-projector film Polar Life. This led to the formation of Multiscreen Corporation and eventually IMAX. Links: Canada, Expo
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1967 Oct 27 |
Expo '67 closed in Montreal. Links: Canada, Expo
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1967 |
Toronto's first Caribbean festival began as a contribution from its West Indian community to Canada's 100th anniversary of Confederation and coinciding with Expo '67 celebrations in Montreal. Links: Canada, Expo
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1968 |
Tom Wolfe (b.1931), American writer and journalist, authored "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test." It was about the 1964 road trip by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters to the NY World’s Fair. Links: USA, Books, Expo
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1968 |
The California State Fair moved to the 356-acre CalExpo grounds in Sacramento. Links: USA, California, Expo
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1970 Mar 15 |
Expo '70, promoting "Progress and Harmony for Mankind," opened in Osaka, Japan. The ‘70 Expo featured the Multiscreen Corporation production of the film Tiger Child. Links: Japan, Expo
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1976 |
In San Francisco Gene Farb (d.2001 at 55) and his wife joined Stan Politi to create the "First New Earth Exposition." In 1978 he helped found the Whole Earth Access store, which grew to 8 Bay Area stores and then went bankrupt in 1999. Links: USA, Earth, SF, Expo
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1982 May 1 |
The 1982 World's Fair opened in Knoxville, Tenn. Links: USA, Tennessee, Expo
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1984 |
Louisiana held a World Exposition. Low attendance was blamed on the rain. Links: USA, Louisiana, Expo
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1985 Feb 21 |
The first 3-day Macworld Expo opened at Brooks Hall in San Francisco. Links: USA, SF, Computer, Expo
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1986 |
In Canada there was a World Exposition in Vancouver. Links: Canada, Expo
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1988 Apr 30 |
World Exposition, Expo 88 opened in Brisbane, Australia. Links: Australia, Expo
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1991 |
The US government passed legislation that prevented the American government from spending public funds on Expo pavilions. Links: USA, Expo
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1995 |
The first Electronic Entertainment Expo for the computer and video game industry was held. Links: Computer, Expo
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1998 Mar 29 |
In Portugal the $1 billion, 10-mile Vasco da Gama bridge over the River Tagus opened in time to bring traffic from Spain for the Lisbon Expo. Links: Portugal, Expo
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1998 May 21 |
In Portugal the 4-month Expo ‘98 was inaugurated in Lisbon. The theme of the fair expanded on the UN theme Int’l. Year of the Oceans. 15 million people were expected to visit with exhibits from almost 150 countries. Links: Portugal, Expo
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1998 Sep 30 |
In Portugal the end of Expo ‘98 in Lisbon. Links: Portugal, Expo
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2000 Jun 1 |
In Germany the Expo 2000 opened in Hanover and ran to Oct 31. Links: Germany, Expo
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2000 Oct 31 |
In Germany the Expo 2000 closed in Hanover. Links: Germany, Expo
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2002 May 15 |
The Swiss National Exhibition, Expo.02, opened. The $823 million production, scattered around 3 lakes and 4 town, was set to close Oct 20. Links: Switzerland, Expo
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2002 Dec 3 |
Shanghai will host the 2010 World Exposition after bidding fiercely to organize an event expected to fuel millions of dollars of investment, Expo officials announced in Monaco. Links: China, Monaco, Expo
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2005 Mar 25 |
Japan’s world fair, Aichi Expo 2005, opened. It ended on Sep 25. Links: Japan, Expo
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2005 Sep 9 2005 Sep 11 |
The Sierra Club’s 1st National Environmental Convention & Expo was held at the SF Moscone Center. Links: Environment, SF, Expo
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2005 Sep 25 |
Japan’s world fair, Aichi Expo 2005, closed. Links: Japan, Expo
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2008 Jun 14 |
Zaragoza, Spain, opened a World Expo and expected some 6 million visitors. The expo was due to close on Sep 14. Links: Spain, Expo
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2010 Apr 30 |
Shanghai kicked off the six-month World Expo with a star-studded gala ceremony set to end in a lavish blaze of fireworks and light along the city's river-front. The World Expo officially opened on May 1. Closing date was set for Oct 31. Links: China, Expo
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2010 May 1 |
In China World Expo 2010 officially opened in Shanghai. Two-wheeled Electric Networked Vehicles (EN-Vs) were unveiled at Expo 2010. They used a balancing system developed by Segway. Links: China, Cars, Expo
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2010 Oct 28 |
In China 4 driverless vehicles arrived at the Shanghai Expo ending an 8,000 mile test drive from Italy. Links: China, Cars, Expo
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2010 Oct 31 |
China wrapped up its record-breaking World Expo with a lavish display of national pride, as organizers of the mammoth event pledged to continue pursuing more sustainable, balanced growth. Over 72 million visitors surpassed the the record 1970 fair in Osaka, Japan, which drew 64 million. Links: China, Expo
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