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1995 Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator, dies at 57
1994 Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens 1993 Primera, an Andean condor, hatched at Cleveland Zoo, 5th born in captivity 1989 Baby lion-tailed macaques, at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle 1988 Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years 1981 Cleveland Metroparks Administrative offices move from downtown to Zoo 1981 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Amphitheater is dedicated 1979 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's Primate and Cat Building is dedicated 1975 Cleveland Metroparks assume operating responsibilities for Zoo 1974 Wings release "Band on the Run" and "Zoo Gang" in UK 1972 Michael Bays, born in Enrico, California, actor, Bronx Zoo, Days of Our Live 1968 Cleveland Metroparks begins operating Zoo 1965 Porcupine, in Washington D.C. zoo, dies at 27; oldest known rodent 1962 Lion and Tiger Veldt at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated 1959 Edward Franklin Albee's "zoo story," premieres in Berlin 1959 1st exhibit of bongos at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens 1959 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens 1956 Pachyderm Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens 1954 Red deer, in Milwaukee Zoo, oldest known deer, dies at 26 1953 Jean-Claude Lauzon, Montreal, director and writer, Leola, Night Zoo 1950 Bird Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated 1937 WPA extends L-Taraval streetcar to San Francisco Zoo (at Sloat Blvd) 1937 Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator 1931 Whipsnade Zoo opens in Whipsnade Beds England 1928 Edward Albee, born in Washington, D.C., playwright, Virgina Woolfe, Zoo Story 1922 1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in U.S., at New York zoo 1916 San Diego Zoo founded 1914 Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies at Cincinnati Zoo 1906 Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 1886 Anton Portielje, Dutch radio host/zoo director, Artis 1882 Amsterdam Artis Zoo opens aquarium 1881 Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian 1879 Leendert Round, Dutch sculptor, entrance Rotterdam Zoo 1874 1st U.S. zoo opens in Philadelphia 1793 1st public zoo opens in Paris |
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