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Olympic Games

major international multi-sport event organised by International Olympic Committee

6 dated entries naming Olympic Games, drawn from 6 separate years between 49 CE and 1991 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Olympics in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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1st century

  • 49Melankomas is the boxing champion, at the 207th Olympic Games.source

4th century

  • 393Theodosius I abolishes the Greek Olympic Games, ending a thousand years of festivals, as part of the general Christian policy to establish universal Christian worship in accordance with the doctrines set forth in the Nicene Creed (the next Olympic Games will not be held until 1896).source

19th century

  • 1896April 6 – The opening ceremonies of the 1896 Summer Olympics, the first modern Olympic Games, are held in Athens, Greece.source
  • 1900May 14 – The second Olympic Games, Paris 1900, open (as part of the Paris World Exhibition).source

20th century

  • 1979November 6 – At Montevideo, Uruguay, the International Olympic Committee adopts a resolution, whereby Taiwan Olympic and sports teams will participate with the name Chinese Taipei in future Olympic Games and international sports tournaments and championships.source
  • 1991July 9 – End of Apartheid: The International Olympic Committee readmits South Africa to the Olympics. The following day, U.S. President Bush terminates 1986-enacted U.S. sanctions on South Africa.source

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