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The fair's opening night began with a nod to the heavens. Lights were automatically activated when the rays of the star Arcturus were detected. The star was chosen as its light had started its journey at about the time of the previous Chicago world's fair--the World's Columbian Exposition--in 1893. The rays were focused on photoelectric cells in a series of astronomical observatories and then transformed into electrical

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