Celebration at the 100th anniversary of an event
Acentennial, orcentenary inBritish English, is a 100thanniversary or otherwise relates to acentury.
Notable centennial events at a national or world-level include:
- Centennial Exhibition, 1876,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. First officialWorld's Fair in the United States, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the signing of theDeclaration of Independence in Philadelphia. About 10 million visitors attended, equivalent to about 20% of the population of the United States at the time. The exhibition ran from May 10, 1876, to November 10, 1876. (It included amonorail.)
- New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, 1939–1940, celebrated one hundred years since the signing of theTreaty of Waitangi in 1840 and the subsequent mass European settlement of New Zealand. 2,641,043 (2.6 million) visitors attended the exhibition, which ran from 8 November 1939 until 4 May 1940.
- 1967 International and Universal Exposition, better known asExpo 67, celebratingCanada's centennial year. This "Category One"World's Fair held inMontreal, Quebec, Canada, from April 27 to October 29, 1967. Sixty-two nations participated, and it set the single-day attendance record for a world's fair, with 569,500 visitors on its third day. Official attendance was 50,306,648. Was endpoint of theCentennial Voyageur Canoe Pageant, the longest canoe race in history. (Its monorail was a major attraction.)
- Atatürk Centennial, in memory ofMustafa Kemal Atatürk's (founding president ofTurkey) 100th birthday.
- 1996 Summer Olympics, 100th anniversary of the 1st Summer Olympics in 1896.
- Philippine Centennial, 100th anniversary of the proclamation of Philippine Independence.
- 100th Anniversary of Samastha Kerala[1][2]
- 100th Anniversary ofUniversal Pictures,Paramount Pictures, andNikkatsu
- First World War centenary, 2014–2018, began with thecentenary of the outbreak of World War I and ended with theArmistice Day centenary.
- 100th Anniversary ofFox Film (now20th Century Studios)
- 100th Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution and Republic of China
- 100th Anniversary of the Independence of Albania
- 100th Anniversary ofUnited Artists
- 100th Anniversary of the Independence of Finland
- 100th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC)
- 100th Anniversary of theIndependence of Bulgaria
- 100th Anniversary of the foundation of theBulgarian Football Union
- 100th Anniversary of the foundation of theBulgarian Academy of Sciences
- 100th Anniversary of the foundation ofSofia University
- 100th Anniversary of the foundation ofBulgarian State Railways
- 100th Anniversary ofWarner Bros.,Disney andHasbro.
- 100th Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey
- 100th Anniversary of theFlying Scotsman
- 100th Anniversary ofColumbia Pictures andMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
- 2024 Summer Olympics, 100th anniversary of the1924 Summer Olympics.
- 100th Anniversary ofLEGO.
Selected regional or other centennial events include:
