New York World's Fair
1939 · Event
The 'World of Tomorrow' fair showcases television, superhighways and a streamlined future on the eve of war.
On these timelines: USA, Master, Arts and Thoughts
More from USA
- American Declaration of Independence (1776)
- American Civil War (1861)
- US Constitution (1787)
- George Washington (1732)
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
- Cession of Louisiana to the US (1803)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)
Around 1939
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- World War II (1939)
- The Holocaust (1941)
- Founding of the State of Israel (1948)
- Cold War (1947)
- Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (1933)
- D-Day (Operation Overlord) (1944)
- Pop music: the 1940s (1940)
- Pop music: the 1930s (1930)
- Great Depression (1929)