Expo 1964

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:area 646 acres
gptkbp:attendance over 51 million
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1965-10-17
gptkbp:followedBy Expo 1967 (Montreal)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Expo 1964
gptkbp:legacy Influenced theme park design, especially Disney parks
Many pavilions repurposed or relocated
Unisphere remains in Flushing Meadows Park
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:Flushing_Meadows–Corona_Park
gptkbp:logo gptkb:Unisphere
gptkbp:mascot none
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Debut_of_Ford_Mustang
First public demonstration of computer terminals
Pope Paul VI visited in 1965
Disney's Audio-Animatronics technology
First color TV broadcast of a World's Fair
Introduction of Belgian Waffle to US
Michelangelo's Pietà displayed outside Italy for the first time
gptkbp:notableExhibit gptkb:Disney's_Carousel_of_Progress
gptkb:Disney's_It's_a_Small_World
gptkb:IBM_Pavilion
gptkb:Pepsi-Cola_Pavilion
gptkb:US_Space_Park
gptkb:Unisphere
gptkb:Ford_Pavilion
gptkb:General_Motors_Futurama
The Vatican Pavilion
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Russian
gptkb:Spanish
English
Japanese
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:1964_New_York_World's_Fair
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:Robert_Moses
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Expo_1962_(Seattle_World's_Fair)
gptkbp:startDate 1964-04-22
gptkbp:theme gptkb:Peace_Through_Understanding
gptkbp:troopContributingCountries 80
gptkbp:website http://www.nywf64.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5