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Events on Thursday 14 July 1853 1
1853New York Crystal Palace Exhibition opensAmerica stages its own world's fairThe Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations opened in a purpose-built glass-and-iron Crystal Palace in New York on 14 July 1853, modeled on London's Great Exhibition of 1851. It showcased American and international industrial, agricultural, and artistic products. The building burned down in 1858.