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Opening Of The Olympics In Athens
This is when The Olympics were officially created.
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Animals as Targets?
This was also the only Olympic Games in history to use live animals (pigeons) as targets during the shooting event.
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1904 Olympic Marathon
The race was held in 90-degree weather on a dust-covered road, and the inhospitable conditions conspired to force 18 of the 32 competitors to withdraw from exhaustion.
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New Marathons
The first to feature both the decathlon and the new pentathlon.
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1916 Olympics Cancelled
1916 Olympics cancelled due to world war 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upODxrkv5gY
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First Olympics In Paris
This is when the first Olympic Games took place.
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Berlin Hosts Olympics
The German government used the international spotlight as an opportunity to portray the country as a benign and progressive nation while also providing fuel for its Aryan-superiority propaganda.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0ouprKFnl4
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Germany and Japan Banned
Germany and Japan were not invited to take part in the first Olympic Games after WWII, which took place in 1948 in London.
https://www.britannica.com/list/7-significant-political-events-at-the-olympic-games
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Protests In Melbourne
Two protests led to fewer than 67 countries participating in the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games.
https://www.britannica.com/list/7-significant-political-events-at-the-olympic-games
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Wilma Rudolph makes history
Rudolph, who suffered from pneumonia, scarlet fever and polio, was paralyzed in her left leg as a child and wasn’t able to run until age 11. Yet at the Rome Games, she became the first Woman to get 3 gold medals in one single Olympics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPVdpJZJi-o
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Bob Beamon Beats World Record for Long Jumping
At the Mexico City Games, Bob Beamon jumped 29 feet and 2 ½ inches. Mike Powell Beat it in 1991. -
The Glove That Got Them Banned
At the Mexico City, Tommie Smith and John Carlos took their first- and third-placed podiums barefoot and, during the playing of the U.S. national anthem, raised a single black glove while bowing their heads. The American sprinters and second-place Peter Norman from Australia wore human rights badges. Smith and Carlos were promptly banned by the IOC and the U.S. Olympic Committee.
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Munich Massacre
The terrorists took nine Israeli Olympians hostage, attempting to bargain for the release of 200 Palestinian prisoners. After a standoff with an inadequate German police force, the terrorists were able to arrange transportation for themselves and the hostages to a nearby airport. When the German police force failed at their ambush attempt, the terrorists killed the Israeli hostages. -
African Countries Boycott Olympics
Some two dozen countries, mostly from Africa, boycotted the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal after the IOC refused to ban New Zealand from the Games.
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Summer and Winter Games Split
The 1994 Winter Olympics, held in Lillehammer, Norway, were the first Winter Games to be held in a different year from the Summer Games.
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Florence Griffith-Joyner Becomes “fastest woman in the world”.
At the Seoul Games, Florence Griffith-Joyner, popularly known as FloJo, earned the title of “fastest woman in the world”
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Greg Louganis Breaks Records Second Time
At the 1988 Seoul Games, Greg Louganis became the first male diver to win both the 3m springboard and 10m platform in consecutive Olympic Games.
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/tokyo-summer-olympics/americas-biggest-olympic-milestones-in-modern-history/2508135/
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Dream Team dominates the competition
At Barcelona, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird -- the United States men's Olympic basketball team defeated every opponent it faced.
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Muhammad Ali lights Olympic torch
Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali lights Olympic torch at 1996 Atlanta Games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEhNDUwksvU
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Michael Johnson sprints to two golds
In 1996's Atlanta Games, Michael Johnson became the only man in history to win the 200m and 400m in the same Olympic Games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgQVnQ8_C0E
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/tokyo-summer-olympics/americas-biggest-olympic-milestones-in-modern-history/2508135/