Week 16: April 20-26
April 21, 1962
On this day, at 11 a.m., the Century 21 World’s Fair opened in Seattle for a 184-day run. The 74-acre fairgrounds are located at Seattle Center, north of downtown Seattle at the foot of Queen Anne Hill. The World’s Fair was conceived to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, held in 1909 on the University of Washington campus. Its theme was to consider the possibilities of life in the twenty-first century.
April 22, 1936
April 22, 1970
April 22, 2010
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