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1893 - The four hundredth anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World was celebrated in Chicago with an enormous fair. Known as the Chicago World’s Fair, or the World ...
Starting on May 1 back in 1982, the “world came to Knoxville.” Here's some of what it found in our proud "Scruffy City"!
An international festival is taking over a Greene County event center this weekend. After previously setting up at the Dayton ...
Get ready for a family, fun and fantastic weekend with A World’s A’fair! Joining us in this sponsored segment is Dayton ...
A World A’Fair, a three-day international festival featuring food, drinks, entertainment and merch from more than 25 countries around the world, is returning to the Greene County Expo Center this ...
Step back in time to a day filled with wonder and unexpected drama! Discover how the 1962 World's Fair opened with a grand ...
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Several Philadelphia cultural institutions are abandoning plans to hold a Children’s World Fair next year. The event, which was slated to take place between May ...
A scene from the World's Fair, where a GM diesel engine caught Ralph Budd's eye, Burlington Northern Santa Fe The 1933-1934 World's Fair's context -- the Depression -- makes its success seem ...
Once the fairgrounds of Knoxville's 1982 World's Fair, today this space is a public park and home to the Sunsphere and the Tennessee Amphitheater, the two remaining structures from the exposition.
Talk story about the Top of the Fair Restaurant, & the Terrace Club, which adjoins it, located high up in the Port Authority Heliport & Exhibit Bldg. at the World's Fair. Lunch & interview with ...