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Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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1
- Kilties Band arrived, Canadian bagpipes
- Emancipation Day
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2
- Children's Day, Parade
- National Cyclists Day
- Olympic bicycle races
- Stuntman dies on Pike doing high-wire 'slide'
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3
- Confectioners Day, "Fairy Floss" a hit
- Olympic ‘roque’ contest
- Naval Exhibit boat hits mine, pilot injured
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4
- Massed Band Tournament
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5
- St. Louis County Old
- Settlers' Reunion
- "Talking Arc Lamp" shown, transmits music via light
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6
- Manufacturer's Day
- Bohemian Day
- Circus in Plaza
of St. Louis
- National Cash Register Day
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7
- Fair closed on Sundays
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8
- Kansas City
Shrine Day
- Guatemala Pavilion dedicated
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9
- Optician's Day
- Military Day at Boer War, honors all military people
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10
- International Typographical Union Day
- Touring Automobiles arrive in St.
Louis from East Coast
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11
- Anthropology Field Days ("Olympic competitions")
- [Original day planned for St.
Louis Day)]
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12
- Automobile Day
- 285 cars arrive at Fair, large parade
- Cuba
Day
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13
- Philippine Day, large Military Parade
- Lady dies when horses bolt near Boer War, carriage falls 20 feet
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14
- Fair closed
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15
- Scottish Day, Phinney's Band performs
- Missouri
Peach Day, 30,000 get free peach
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16
- Newsboy's Day
- Orphans of St. Louis,
get in free, fireworks
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17
- Music Dealer's Day
- Olympic Gymnastics begin
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18
- Stenographer's Day
- Light Opera Music Day
- Massed Band
Tournament
- Missouri
State Building
library opened
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19
- New Mexico Day
- Swiss Day
- Tyrolean Alps Day
- President Roosevelt butter sculpture done
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20
- Pennsylvania
Day
- National Association of the Deaf
- Gallaudet Day
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21
- Fair closed
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22
MISSOURI WEEK
- Pythian Day, drills in Plaza of St. Louis
- Filipino Field Day
- Knights of Maccabees
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23
- National Firemen Association met
- Horse Show opens, 1,000 steeds parade
- Pythian Sisterhood
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24
- National Firemen's Tournament at stadium
- Deaf Mute's Congress closes
- Horse Show begins
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25
- Congress of Dentists
- Alton,
Illinois Day
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26
- Firemen's Tournament concludes with "wet hose race"
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27
- Liberal Arts Day
- Western Commercial Travelers' Association
- St. Joseph, MO Day
- Second Balloon Race
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28
- Fair closed
- Barney Oldfield wins Louisiana Purchase
auto race, accident kills two spectators
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29
- Indiana
Week
- Third OLYMPIC GAMES, track & field
events in 'Olympic' stadium
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30
- Improved Order of Hestasophs
- Olympic marathon race won by Thomas Hicks
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31
- Mining Gulch Day, free 10,000 watermelons
- Two simultaneous marriages on Observation Wheel
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It is difficult now to express the wonder and the sense of awe we
experienced when we first saw the Fair...
-- Anonymous Fair visitor
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