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. •
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.) •
Atatürk Centennial, in memory of
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's (founding president of
Turkey) 100th birthday. •
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 Samastha Kerala • 100th Anniversary of
Universal Pictures,
Paramount Pictures, and
Nikkatsu •
First World War centenary, 2014–2018, began with the
centenary of the outbreak of World War I and ended with the
Armistice Day centenary. • 100th Anniversary of
Fox Film (now
20th Century Studios) •
100th Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution and Republic of China •
100th Anniversary of the Independence of Albania • 100th Anniversary of
United Artists •
100th Anniversary of the Independence of Finland •
100th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) • 100th Anniversary of the
Independence of Bulgaria • 100th Anniversary of the foundation of the
Bulgarian Football Union • 100th Anniversary of the foundation of the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences • 100th Anniversary of the foundation of
Sofia University • 100th Anniversary of the foundation of
Bulgarian State Railways • 100th Anniversary of
Warner Bros.,
Disney and
Hasbro. •
100th Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey • 100th Anniversary of the
Flying Scotsman • 100th Anniversary of
Columbia Pictures and
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. •
2024 Summer Olympics, 100th anniversary of the
1924 Summer Olympics. • 100th Anniversary of
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