There have been two Worlds Fair is the generic name for various large expositions held since the mid 19th century. The official sanctioning body is the Bureau International des Expositions or BIE. BIE approved fairs are divided into a number of types: universal, and international or specialized. They usually last for between 3... World's fairs in This is an article about New York City; see also NYC, New York, and New York, New York. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005. New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States and is at... New York City:

• The 1939 New York Worlds Fair, located where Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is now (and where the 1964 New York Worlds Fair was held), was one of the largest worlds fairs of all time. Many different countries around the world participated in it, and over 25 million... 1939 New York World's Fair ( 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-June January 2 - End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 24 - Earthquake kills 30.000 in Chile – about 50.000 sq... 1939- 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 5 - FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 - World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 - World War... 1940) at Flushing Meadows Park is located in northern Queens, New York at the intersection of the Long Island Expressway and the Grand Central Parkway. It is the largest park in the City of New York and was created as the site of the 1939/1940 New York Worlds Fair and... Flushing Meadows in Queens is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States, and the most ethnically diverse county in the U.S. It is coterminous with Queens County in the State of New York and is located on western Long Island. Established on November 1... Queens gave us For the animated cartoon series, see Futurama (TV series). Futurama was an exhibit/ride at the 1939-40 New York Worlds Fair designed by Norman Bel Geddes that showed the world 30 years into the future, including automated highways and vast suburbs. The exhibit was sponsored by General Motors... Futurama, the A trilon is a box in the shape of an equilateral-triangular right prism that is occasionally used on certain game shows to hide information until needed. The squares on the old Concentration game board, the categories on Pyramid, and the letter squares on the old Wheel of Fortune letter... Trylon, and The Trylon and the Perisphere were the central structures of the New York Worlds Fair of 1939-1940. Connected to the Trylon by the Helicline, at the time the worlds longest escalator, The Perisphere was a tremendous sphere which housed a diorama called Democracity which, in keeping with... Perisphere.

Seen by its organizers as an antidote to the despair of The Great Depression was a global economic slump that began in 1929 and bottomed in 1933. However, most of the remainder of the 1930s was spent recovering from the contraction, and it would be well after World War II when such indicators as industrial production, share prices and global GDP... The Great Depression by projecting a future of hope, the Fair emphasized international cooperation and the impact of Technology ( Gr. τεχνολογια < τεχνη craftsmanship + λογος word, reckoning + the suffix ια) has more than one definition. One is the development and application of tools, machines, materials and processes that help to... technology on the world of the future.

At the time the Fair was a cultural phenomenom which attracted 45 million visitors in its two years of operation. After its first Summer is one of the four temperate seasons. It is associated with hot and often dry weather. In many countries it is the time of school and university holidays. Different definitions of the start and end days exist. In astronomy, summer begins with the summer solstice (around 21 June in... summer, when projected sales were lower than hoped, ticket prices were reduced significantly and the Fair's often heavy handed themes were changed. After the second year, however, total visitors were 5 milion less than anticipated and the Fair's corporation subsequently declared bankruptcy.

David Gelertner has written a fictionalized account of the fair—1939: The Lost World of the Fair (ISBN 038072748X).

• The Long Island Expressway and Grand Central Parkway meet at the fairgrounds. The General Motors pavilion to the left featured a 110-foot (33.5 m) high canopy, dubbed the skijump. The 1964/1965 New York Worlds Fair was the second Worlds Fair to be held at Flushing... 1964 New York World's Fair ( 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. January 3 - Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President. January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the... 1964– 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 - United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his Great Society during his State of the Union address. January 12 - Bodies of 2 15 year olds Christine Sharrock + Marrine Schmidt found... 1965), also at Flushing Meadows, Queens. One of its more memorable structures was the Unisphere is a 12-story high, spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth. It is located in Flushing Meadow-Corona Park in the Borough of Queens, New York City. Unisphere was conceived and constructed as the Theme Symbol of the 1964/1965 New York Worlds Fair. The Theme of... Unisphere.

The site became a park and home to New York's Shea Stadium is a baseball stadium in Flushing, New York where the New York Mets play. It is the longtime home of the New York Mets and the historic site of the worlds first stadium concert (which featured the Beatles on August 15, 1965). Shea Stadiums first game... Shea Stadium where the The New York Mets are a Major League Baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City. They are in the Eastern Division of the National League. Founded: 1962 (National League expansion) Home ballpark: Shea Stadium (1964-present) Former home ballpark: Polo Grounds (1962-1963) Uniform colors... New York Mets play.

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• New York World's Fair (http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7E1930s/DISPLAY/39wf/frame.htm) from the The University of Virginia (also called UVa) is a research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. It was founded by one of Americas most prominent Founding Fathers, primary author of its Declaration of Independence, and third U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. Some time before his death, he insisted that his grave... University of Virginia's American Studies program