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[AdrenalineRush1996]

Expo '98 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany.

Floriade 2002 in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands.

2003 World Horticultural Exposition in Rostock, Germany.

 

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Too bad I wasn't born when Montreal hosted Expo '67....*sighs*...


Then I wonder if Alex Hirsh was inspired from the character of Wendy Peffercorn in the movie The Sandlot to create Wendy Corduroy?


And Wendy Corduroy is a redhead, Chris De Burgh's song "Lady in red" would fit her perfectly. ;-)

 

[stephane dumas]

Back to Expo '67, Marvin Gaye & Tammi along with the Seekers gived some performances at Expo '67.

 

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In memory of Rod Gilbert.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Centennial Olympic Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia (opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics).

Centennial Olympic Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia (during the 1996 Summer Paralympics).

Turner Field (formerly the Centennial Olympic Stadium) in Atlanta, Georgia (Atlanta Braves' first MLB game at the stadium in 1997).

Georgia State Stadium (formerly Turner Field) in Atlanta, Georgia (Georgia State Panthers' first NCAA game at the stadium in 2017).

 

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In memory of Don Everly, from the Everly Brothers.

 

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In memory of Rolling Stones' drummer Charlie Watts.

 

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The last goaler to played maskless in the NHL.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

The Marco Polo House in Battersea, London shouldn't have been demolished in the first place.

Ditto for Earls Court Exhibition Centre in Kensington, London.

The Capitol Records Building in Los Angeles, California.

Fox Plaza in Century City, California.

 

[stephane dumas]

We might add to the list, the Mendes Caldeira tower in Sao Paulo, Brazil, constructed in 1961 and demolished in 1975 to allow the construction of a subway line.

Edifício Mendes Caldeira – Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre

pt.wikipedia.org

 

[stephane dumas]

More tower on the table we could add the construction of the CN Tower.

 

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Before the Iphone, before MTV and well before Beavis & Butthead, there was Dazed and Confused. ;-)

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[AdrenalineRush1996]

The first McDonald's in Portugal, located at the Cascaishopping in Cascais, which opened in 1991.

The first Burger King in Portugal, located at the Colombo shopping centre in Lisbon, which opened in 2001.

The first Jollibee in the United Kingdom, located at Earls' Court in London, which opened in 2018.

The first Wendy's in the United Kingdom since its initial departure in 2000, located at Reading, which opened in 2021.

 

[stephane dumas]

First McDonald's in Canada opened in Richmond, BC in June 1967.

Same location later.

 

[RandomMe]

BANGLA PHINEAS: Takiona, why are you leaving?
TAKIONA: I'm finally moving to Singapore.
BANGLA RANDOMME: I sorta feel sad for you but nobody is even filling in the void. What about Rupavahini?
BANGLA PHINEAS: He will be set free.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

The first HMV store, located at 363 Oxford Street, London, which opened in 1921.

The first Virgin Megastore, located at 14-16 Oxford Street, London, which opened in 1979.

The first HMV store in USA, located at East 86th Street and Fifth Avenue, New York, which opened in 1990.

The first Virgin Megastore in USA, located at Sunset Boulevard, California, which opened in 1992.

 

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How that truck transporting a big beam menaged to be stuck is a real mystery.

Beam transport malfunction

Beam transport malfunction

www.aaroads.com

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

As quoted by Whitney Houston on one of the last singles in her lifetime.

ABBA's first new album since 1981's The Visitors.

Rage Against the Machine's most recent album.

Atban Klann, the prototypical version of the Black Eyed Peas.