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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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"Open
ye gates! Swing wide ye portals! Enter therein, ye sons of men...
Learn the lesson here taught and gather from it inspiration for greater
achievements."
--
David R. Francis, April 30, 1904
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April 30, 1904
FAIR OPENS: 187,793 attend
President Roosevelt opens the Fair via telegraph
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Fair closed on Sundays
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2
- Michigan, Ohio,
& Pennsylvania
Buildings dedicated
- Undertakers National Association Convention
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3
- Connecticut
Building dedicated
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4
- Prince Pu Lun visited from China
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5
- German Pavilion dedicated: "Das Deutche Haus"
- Palace of
Art opens
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- Chinese Pavilion Dedicated
- First teepees completed by Sioux
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- Twenty-five U.S.
State & Territory buildings opened to date
- Vulcan Statue finished (dedicated June 7)
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8
Fair closed
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- Swedish Pavilion opened
- Lady Mangers - Reception to Mrs. Francis
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- Intramural Railroad Opened
- Ferris Wheel laborer dies in accident
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- Sousa Band plays "Louisiana",
Official March of the Fair
- Lagoons drained for several days of repairs
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- David R. Francis conducts Formal Tour & Inspection of Exhibits and
attends banquet
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- First concert for David R. Francis, Administration Terrace
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- Idaho
Building dedicated
- Belgian Pavilion dedicated & opened
- 1st Peter's shoes made
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15
Fair closed
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- French Pavilion opened/dedicated
- International Press Wk.
- National Editorial Association
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- Mississippi
Building opened
- 200,000 lb. Locomotive on turntable begins to turn and wheels spin
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- Canadian Pavilion Reception
- Press (News)
Reception
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- World's Press Parliament
- Reception at Louisiana
Building
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- Missouri State
Medical Association
- Reception at West Virginia
Building
- Naval Exhibit opened
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- Princeton Day
- Italian Pavilion dedicated
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Fair closed
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- National Lumber Manufacturers' Association
- Radium Demonstrations Began
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- Brazil Building
opened
- Cincinnati
Day
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- National Federation of Women's Clubs
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- Texas
Building dedicated
- British Pavilion opened
- First Life Saving Drills
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- Illinois
Building dedicated
- Alice Roosevelt's first visit begins
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- Nebraska
Pavilion and Mexican Bldg. opened
- Philippine Exhibit opened
- Ferris Wheel opened
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29
Fair closed
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30 MEMORIAL DAY
- Fair Japan opened
- First parade of West Point Cadets (arrived
May 29)
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- American Press Humorists
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"It's
right in our own home town. I can't believe it.
Right here where we live. Right here in St.
Louis."
-- Esther Smith, "Meet Me In St.
Louis"
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