During this event, an athlete named Carleton Bass killed Don Manuel Cervera a day after an arena built by the Norris Amusement Company completely burned down.
During this event, an athlete named Carleton Bass killed Don Manuel Cervera a day after an arena built by the Norris Amusement Company completely burned down. During this event, Henri Poincaré gave a lecture on an early form of the theory of relativity in which he surmised the equivalence of mass and energy. A group known as the "Department of Exploitation" was responsible for promoting parts of this event, during which William McGee put on "Anthropology Days". It is often said that the waffle-textured ice cream cone was first introduced at this event, which was the first event at which Dr. Pepper was marketed on the national level. Unfortunately, the "savage" Ota Benga and the imprisoned Geronimo were displayed as part of this event, for which Cass Gilbert designed the "Palace of Fine Art". For 10 points, name this 1904 international exposition that commemorated the Louisiana Purchase and took place in a Midwest city.
During this event, an athlete named Carleton Bass killed Don Manuel Cervera a day after an arena built by the Norris Amusement Company completely burned down.
St. Louis World's Fair [accept St. Louis Olympics; accept 1904 World's Fair; accept Louisiana Purchase World's Fair before "Louisiana"]