The Century 21 Exposition was a World's Fair held in Seattle, Washington in 1962. Worlds Fair is the generic name for various large expositions held since the mid 19th century. ... Seattle skyline City nickname: The Emerald City Location of Seattle in Washington State County King Mayor Greg Nickels Area  - Land  - Water 369. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The fair was planned to leave behind a fairground and numerous public buildings and public works; some credit it with revitalizing Seattle's economic and cultural life (see History of Seattle since 1940). Ferris wheel Amusement park is the more generic term for a collection of amusement rides and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a fairly large group of people. ... WWII and the Boeing Era: 1945 - 1970 From World War II until 1970, Seattle underwent what amounted to a long, sustained economic boom, although not without occasional reverses. ...

The fair saw the construction of the Space Needle and Alweg monorail, as well as several sports venues and performing arts buildings (most of which have since either been replaced or heavily remodeled since that time). The site (slightly expanded since the fair) is now called called Seattle Center; the United States Pavilion is now the Pacific Science Center. Another notable building in Seattle Center, the Experience Music Project, made a deliberate attempt to fit in with the fairground atmosphere, but actually dates from nearly 40 years later. The Space Needle is the Pacific Northwests most recognizable landmark and is the symbol of Seattle. ... The Seattle Center Monorail is an elevated monorail line in Seattle, Washington, that runs one mile along Fifth Avenue from Westlake Center in Downtown to Seattle Center in Lower Queen Anne. ... Center House, Seattle Center Seattle Center is a fairground, park and arts and entertainment center in Seattle, Washington, on the site used in 1962 by the Century 21 Exposition. ... The Pacific Science Center is a science museum in Seattle, Washington. ... Sign advertising the opening of EMP A view of EMPs southeast corner The Experience Music Project (EMP) is a museum of music history founded by Paul Allen, located on the campus of Seattle, Washingtons Seattle Center, which places it near the Space Needle and one of the two...

Nearly ten million people attended the fair. President John F. Kennedy was supposed to attend the closing ceremony of the fair on October 21, 1962. He bowed out, pleading a "heavy cold"; it later became public that he was dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis.[1] (http://www.historylink.org/_output.CFM?file_ID=967) Order: 35th President Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson Term of office: January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 Preceded by: Dwight D. Eisenhower Succeeded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Date of birth: May 29, 1917 Place of birth: Brookline, Massachusetts Date of death: November 22, 1963 Place of death: Dallas, Texas First... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States over the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba. ...

The fair and the city were the setting of the Elvis Presley movie It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) with a young Kurt Russell making his first screen appearance. Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The king of Rock and Roll, or as just simply The King, was an American singer who had an effect on world culture rivaled only by The Beatles and Chuck Berry. ... It Happened at the Worlds Fair is a 1963 musical film starring Elvis Presley as a cropdusting pilot. ... Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American actor. ...

The fair's Bell Telephone exhibit was featured in a short film called "Century 21 Calling", which was later shown on Mystery Science Theater 3000. From left to right, Crow T. Robot, Joel Robinson, and Tom Servo (the latter dressed as a candy striper). ...

External links

• A "cybertour" of the exposition (http://www.historylink.org/cybertour/index.cfm?file_id=7042)
• "Seattle History: A Fair to Remember (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/worldsfair/)", a 40th anniversary report from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer