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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. [1]
A Century of Progress International Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1933 to 1934. The fair, registered under the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), celebrated the city's centennial.
1893 – Chicago, Illinois, United States – World's Columbian Exposition [13] – Palace of Fine Arts and the World's Congress Auxiliary Building; 1893 – New York City, United States – World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition (1893) 1894 – San Francisco, California, United States – California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 [13]
The American Negro Exposition, also known as the Black World's Fair and the Diamond Jubilee Exposition, was a world's fair held in Chicago from July until September in 1940, to celebrate the 75th anniversary (also known as a diamond jubilee) of the end of slavery in the United States at the conclusion of the Civil War in 1865.
Two of the most popular world’s fairs, Chicago’s 1933-1934 Century of Progress and New York’s 1939 World of Tomorrow, took place during the Great Depression.
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The Chicago Cubs win their first World Series; 1908 The Chicago Cubs win the World Series for the second year in a row; Binga Bank in business. [36] 1909: Burnham's Plan of Chicago presented. [20] 1910: Population: 2,185,283. [1] [37] July 1: Comiskey Park opened (originally called White Sox Park). December 22: Chicago Union Stock Yards fire (1910)
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