"I told you Palden Thondup Namgyal, Chogyal of Sikkim, visited the '64-'65 World's Fair!"
(This column is located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, at the former New Amsterdam Gate entrance to the '64-'65 Fair.)
Day 404
This oughta settle some barroom disputes
February 6th, 2013
I wonder if visiting the fair under construction counts toward the list? Because JFK and Sylvanus Olympio were both assassinated in 1963.
An excellent point! Kennedy spoke at the groundbreaking for the US Pavilion in 1962. Not sure about Olympio, but he did at least visit NYC in 1962.
A nice rogues gallery of dictators/despots/monarchs which we propped up. It was nice of them to show their appreciation and help promote the idea of “We Are the World, We are the Torturers”.
Samoza, Shah Pahlavi, Park, Hussein,