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* 1967 – Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world.
In June Holt travelled to London via Canada, where on 6 June he opened the Australian Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal ; on the return journey the Holts stayed with the Johnsons at the presidential summer resort, Camp David, in Maryland.
* 2001 – Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian civil servant, deputy commissioner general of the Expo 67 ( b. 1910 )
* 1967 – Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.
The success of these pavilions further influenced the 1967 Universal exhibition in Montreal, commonly referred to as Expo 67, where multi-screen highlights included In the Labyrinth, hailed by Time magazine as a " stunning visual display ," their review concluding: " such visual delights as Labyrinth ... suggest that cinema — the most typical of 20th century arts — has just begun to explore its boundaries and possibilities ," as well as A Place to Stand, which displayed Christopher Chapman's pioneering " multi-dynamic image technique " of shifting multiple images.
Directors Norman Jewison and Richard Fleischer conceived their ambitious split-screen films of 1968 after visiting Expo ' 67.
Hosting more than 10, 000 delegates, it was one of Canada's largest international events ever and the largest gathering in Montreal since Expo 67.
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
Expo 67 site, Montreal
* April 27 – Montreal, Quebec, Expo 67, a World's Fair to coincide with the Canadian Confederation centennial, officially opens with Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson igniting the Expo Flame in the Place des Nations.
** Expo 67 opens to the public, with over 310, 000 people attending.
** The Montreal, Quebec Expo 67 closes, having received over 50 million attendees.
* Everything you want to know about the Expo 67
The dominant fair of this era arguably is Montreal's Expo ' 67.
It was also during Expo ' 67 that organizers started calling world's fairs " expos ".
April 1967 aerial view of Île Sainte-Hélène on the left and Île Notre-Dame on the right, with most of the Expo 67 site in view, except Habitat 67 and the rest of the pavilions on la Cité du Havre.
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, as it was commonly known, was the general exhibition, Category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from April 27 to October 29, 1967.
Expo 67 was Canada's main celebration during its centennial year.
After Expo 67 ended in October 1967, the site and most of the pavilions continued on as an exhibition called Man and His World, open during the summer months from 1968 until 1981.
Today, the islands that hosted the world exhibition are mainly used as parkland and for recreational use, with only a few remaining structures from Expo 67 to show that the event was held there.
Expo 67 passport
On November 13, 1962, the BIE changed the location of the World Exhibition to Canada, and Expo 67 went on to become the fourth-best attended BIE-sanctioned world expositions, after Shanghai, Osaka, and Paris.

Expo and where
At Expo 2000 Hanover, where countries created their own architecture, the average pavilion investment was about € 13 million.
In a world where a strong national image is a key asset, pavilions became advertising campaigns, and the Expo a vehicle for ' nation branding '.
The Heysel Exhibition Park is the place in the north of the centre of Brussels, Belgium, where the Brussels International Exposition ( 1935 ) and the Expo ' 58 took place.
Another dome is from Expo 67 at the Montreal World's Fair, where it was part of the American Pavilion.
* In the 2010 movie Iron Man 2, Flushing Meadow Park is where the fictional " Stark Expo 2010 " and " Stark Expo ' 74 " take place.
The themes of Universal Expositions are broad and pan-humanistic in nature, and the participants must design and build their own pavilions, however, there are exceptions where the Expo Authority at a Universal Exposition constructs pavilion buildings or joint pavilion buildings to maximise participation and alleviate representation costs for developing nations.
Waterfront Station is the only station where the Canada Line directly connects with the Expo Line and Millennium Line ; however, Vancouver City Centre Station is within a three-minute walk from Granville Station, making it an unofficial transfer to the Expo Line and Millennium Line.
Located along the migration route of several species of hummingbirds, the city hosts an annual " Hummer and Birding Expo " which includes tours of local residences where hundreds of ruby throated hummingbirds can be viewed at feeders.
* In the movie " Captain America: The First Avenger ", Steve Rogers attends the fictitious 1943 Stark Expo, which is based on the fair, where he attempts to enlist into the Army again, and is enlisted by the scientist Dr. Abraham Erskine.
In 2001, it was first shown to the public at Macworld Conference & Expo in Tokyo and was later demonstrated at E3 2002, where a fifteen-minute gameplay demo was shown.
On July 4, the two founding members Toshi and Yoshiki, appeared in Paris at the Japan Expo 2010 where they performed some songs.
A skywalk connects the SeaBus terminal to the main station building, where passengers can transfer to the West Coast Express and all three lines of the SkyTrain system ( Expo Line, Millennium Line and Canada Line ).
Hell on Wheels was showcased at the 2003 Electronic Entertainment Expo, where a playable demonstration and a teaser trailer were displayed.
A prospective five city tour in the United States was scheduled for July 2006, but cancelled due to the band citing " differences in policies " with the tour organizer ; however, Mana did make a U. S. appearance at the 2006 Anime Expo in Anaheim, CA on July 1, where he announced that Moi dix Mois was planning to tour America sometime " within the calendar year ".
On January 5, 1994, Apple announced eWorld at the 1994 Macworld Conference & Expo, where they invited attendees to become beta testers for the service.
Much like other conventions, Anime Expo also features a large scale exhibit hall where attendees can purchase a variety of products from a wide range of exhibitors.
In addition to the Ray Cammack Shows carnival, the Fair has an operational farm, an outdoor miniature garden railroad, California ’ s Heritage Square historical exhibit and America ’ s Kids-Education Expo, where school children discover A Day Full of Learning Cleverly Disguised as Fun.
During Expo 86, special shuttle trains ran from a third track at Stadium Station ( where there was a connection to the monorail serving the main site of the world's fair ) to the Canadian pavilion at Waterfront Station.
Over the years there have been numerous Expositions where special postmarks are made and where a post office is set up where mail can be sent from on the given date of the Expo '.

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