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Please note: This timeline does not purport to be all-inclusive nor error-free. If you spot an error or know of an important event I've overlooked, please contact me at texian1846@yahoo.com. Thanks!
The Exposition Years (1936-1937)
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February 12, 1936 |
Old Main Gatehouse (built 1904), torn down. |
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June 1, 1936 |
Museum of Fine Arts in new civic tract formally dedicated. |
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June 6, 1936 |
Opening day of the Texas Centennial Exposition. |
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June 12, 1936 |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses a national radio audience from the Cotton Bowl. |
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July 1936 |
Buffalo Bill statue controversy erupts. |
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Summer 1936 |
Co-joined twin married in Cotton Bowl ceremony. |
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September 6, 1936 |
Texas Hall of State dedicated and opened to public for first time. |
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September 13, 1936 |
Motion picture “The Big Show,” starring Gene Autry, begins filming at Centennial Exposition; finishes in two weeks. |
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September 19, 1936 |
Gene Autry participates in Cavalcade of Texas as part of filming for “The Big Show.” |
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October 12, 1936 |
Prospero Bernardi bust dedicated on “Italian Day.” |
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November 29, 1936 |
Last day of Centennial Exposition. |
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June 12, 1937 |
Famed physicist Albert Einstein pushes a button in his New Jersey home, turning on lights for opening day of the Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition held at Fair Park. |
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October 31, 1937 |
Last day of the Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition. |
(This timeline consists of selected dates only, which were derived from a variety of sources.)
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