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Mar 21, 776
First Olympia 776 B.C.
The fist Olympic games. Held in Greece. -
The committee
The international Olympic committee is founded. -
Beginnings
The first modern Olympic games were held int he Panathenaic stadium in Athens in the summer of 1896. -
First Olympic games in America
The first Olympics held in the United States was in St. Louis in 1904. -
Cancellation
The summer games are cancelled due to WWI. -
First Winter Olympics
The first winter Olympic games were held in Chamonix in France in 1924. -
Berlin summer Olympics
First relay of the Olympic torch. -
cancellation
the 1940 and 1944 games are cancelled due to WW1 -
Munich games
In the Munich games, eleven coaches and athletes were taken hostage. Five were killed. -
Abolishment
In 394 A.D. Roman emporer Theodosius I abolishes the games.