Notable centennial events at a national or world-level include:
Centennial Exhibition, 1876, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. First official World's Fair in the United States, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. About 10 million visitors attended, equivalent to about 20% of the population of the United States at the time. The exhibition ran from May 10, 1876, to November 10, 1876. (It included a monorail.)
New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, 1939–1940, celebrated one hundred years since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 and the subsequent mass European settlement of New Zealand. 2,641,043 (2.6 million) visitors attended the exhibition, which ran from 8 November 1939 until 4 May 1940.
centennial, other, uses, disambiguation, centenary, disambiguation, centennial, american, english, centenary, british, english, 100th, anniversary, otherwise, relates, century, period, years, contents, notable, events, other, events, argentina, australia, cana. For other uses see Centennial disambiguation and Centenary disambiguation A centennial in American English or centenary in British English is a 100th anniversary or otherwise relates to a century a period of 100 years Contents 1 Notable events 2 Other events 2 1 Argentina 2 2 Australia 2 3 Canada 2 4 Ireland 2 5 Peru 2 6 United States 3 See alsoNotable events EditNotable centennial events at a national or world level include Centennial Exhibition 1876 Philadelphia Pennsylvania First official World s Fair in the United States celebrating the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia About 10 million visitors attended equivalent to about 20 of the population of the United States at the time The exhibition ran from May 10 1876 to November 10 1876 It included a monorail New Zealand Centennial Exhibition 1939 1940 celebrated one hundred years since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 and the subsequent mass European settlement of New Zealand 2 641 043 2 6 million visitors attended the exhibition which ran from 8 November 1939 until 4 May 1940 1967 International and Universal Exposition better known as Expo 67 celebrating Canada s centennial year This Category One World s Fair held in Montreal Quebec Canada from April 27 to October 29 1967 Sixty two nations participated and it set the single day attendance record for a world s fair with 569 500 visitors on its third day Official attendance was 50 306 648 Was endpoint of the Centennial Voyageur Canoe Pageant the longest canoe race in history Its monorail was a major attraction 1996 Summer Olympics 100th anniversary of the 1st Summer Olympics in 1896 Philippine Centennial 100th anniversary of the proclamation of Philippine Independence 100th Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution and Republic of China 100th Anniversary of the Independence of Albania First World War centenary started in 2014 with commemorations of the outbreak of the war and concluded in 2018 with Armistice centennial commemorations 100th Anniversary of the Independence of Finland 100th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party CPC Other events EditSelected regional or other centennial events include Argentina Edit Argentina Centennial 1910 Australia Edit Centenary of Western Australia in 1929 which included the Western Australian Centenary Air Race across Australia 1934 Centenary of MelbourneCanada Edit Canadian Centennial 1967 Centennial of the City of TorontoIreland Edit Decade of CentenariesPeru Edit Centennial of the Independence of Peru 1921 United States Edit American Civil War Centennial Oregon Centennial Texas Centennial ExpositionSee also EditGeneration Z Sesquicentennial Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Centennial amp oldid 1147169807, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
