2013 Event After stripping Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France Titles, the IOC takes away the cyclist's bronze medal from the 2000 Summer Olympics; he was found guilty of doping 1986 Event IOC decides to stagger Winter and Summer Olympic schedule 1986 Event IOC announces baseball will become a medal sport in 1992 1984 Event IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics 1983 Event IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball 1982 Event IOC restores 2 gold medals from 1912 Olympics to Jim Thorpe 1979 Event People's Republic of China joins IOC 1963 Event IOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics 1942 Death Henry, Count of Baillet-Latour, President of IOC (1925-42), dies at 63 1878 Birthday Henry graaf de Baillet-Latour, Belgian President of IOC, 1925-42