2000 27th Olympic games open at Sydney, Australia (sched)
1998 Florence Griffith Joyner, Olympic runner, dies at 38
1998 98th U.S. Golf Open: at Olympic Club SF
1998 USA Women's Hockey Team beats Canada for 1st Olympic Gold medal
1998 18th Winter Olympic games close at Nagano Japan
1998 Tara Lipinski wins Olympic figure skating gold medal
1998 U.S. hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympic village in Japan
1998 Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming undergoes breast cancer surgery
1998 1st female ice hockey game in Olympic history Finland beats Sweden 6-0
1998 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan
1997 Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E. Sullivan Award
1996 26th Olympic games close at Atlanta, Georgia (sched)
1996 Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, 1 killed, 110 injured
1996 XXVI Olympic games open in Atlanta, Georgia
1996 Willi Daume, olympic organiser, dies at 82
1994 17th Winter Olympic games closes in Lillehammer, Norway
1994 Alexander Golubev skates Olympic record 500m (36.33)
1994 17th Winter Olympic games opens in Lillehammer, Norway
1994 Ulrike Maier, olympic skier, breaks neck during world cup skiing at 26
1993 NBC TV awarded 1996 Olympic coverage for $456 million
1993 Evert "Eef" Dolman, Dutch cyclist 1964 Olympic gold, dies at 47
1992 25th Olympic Summer games closes in Barcelona, Spain
1992 25th Olympic Summer games opens in Barcelona, Spain
1992 U.S. Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibtion game, beat Venez 20-0
1992 16th Winter Olympic games closes in Albertville, France
1992 Kristi Yamaguchi of U.S. wins Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating
1992 16th Winter Olympic games opens in Albertville, France
1991 Robert Helmick resigns as President of U.S. Olympic Committee
1991 55 ton concrete beam falls in Montreal's Olympic Stadium
1991 Ben Johnson 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd
1990 Olympic gymnist Mary Lou Retton weds Shannon Kelley
1989 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires
1989 South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries
1988 24th Olympic games close at Seoul, Korea
1988 Louise Ritter, U.S., jumps 6'8" to win Olympic gold medal
1988 Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100m in 10.54s
1988 Rosa Mota wins 2nd female olympic marathon (2:25:39)
1988 South Korean coaches attack NZ referee after disputing his decision, Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in
1988 Greg Louganis wins Olympic gold medal in springboard diving
1988 U.S. Olympic diver Greg Louganis hits his head on diving board
1988 24th Olympic games open at Seoul, Korea
1988 15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada
1988 Bonnie Blair (U.S.) wins Olympic 500m speed skating in record 39.1
1988 Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic figure skating
1988 15th Winter Olympic games opens in Calgary, Alberta
1988 Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in figure skating
1988 15th Winter Olympic games open at Calgary, Canada
1987 87th U.S. Golf Open: Scott Simpson shoots a 277 at Olympic Club in SF
1986 IOC decides to stagger Winter and Summer Olympic schedule
1985 U.S. Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games
1985 John B Kelly Jr, chairman U.S. Olympic Committee, dies at 57
1984 23rd Olympic games close at Los Angeles, California
1984 Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run
1984 Japan beats U.S. for olympic gold medal in baseball
1984 Joan Benoit (U.S.) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52)
1984 23rd modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
1984 14th winter Olympic games close at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1984 Bill Johnson becomes 1st American to win Olympic downhill skiing gold
1984 14th Winter Olympic games opens in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1983 U.S. Mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
1983 IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball
1982 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal
1981 Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collision
1980 22nd Olympic games close at Moscow, U.S.S.R.
1980 22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; U.S. and others boycott
1980 Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision
1980 USA Olympic hockey team defeated Finland, 4-2, to win the gold medal
1980 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York
1980 USA beats U.S.S.R. in Olympic hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal
1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 1500m in 1:55.44
1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 1000m in 1:15.18
1980 Eric Heiden skates 5k in 7:02.29 (Olympic Record)
1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 500m in 38.03 sec
1980 13th Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, New York
1979 International Olympic Committee votes to readmit China
1979 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million
1978 Cristina Teuscher, born in New Rochelle, New York, 4X200m freestyle, 1996 Olympic gold
1977 1st baseball game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium
1977 Rod White, born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, archer, won Olympic gold in 1996
1976 21st Olympic games close at Montreal Canada
1976 Waldemar Cierpinski runs Olympic marathon (2:09:55.0)
1976 Japanese beat Russian for Olympic gold in woman's volleyball
1976 21st modern Olympic games opens in Montreal
1976 12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria
1976 Dorothy Hamill wins Olympic figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria
1976 12th Winter Olympic games opens in Innsbruck, Austria
1975 Avery Brundage, CEO (International Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87
1973 Canada begins selling Olympic coins ($5 and $10 silver coins)
1973 Canada begins production of Olympic coins
1973 Paavo "Flying Finn" Nurmi, who won 6 Olympic gold medals, dies at 76
1972 20th Olympic games close at Munich, German FR
1972 Frank Shorter wins 17th Olympic marathon (2:12:19.8)
1972 U.S. Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to U.S.S.R. (disputed)
1972 Mosje Weinberg, Israeli olympic wrestling coach, murdered
1972 U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals
1972 Lasse Viren runs Olympic/world record 10,000m (27:38.4)
1972 Olga Korbut, U.S.S.R., wins olympic gold medal in gymnastics
1972 20th Olympic games open at Munich German FR
1972 International Olympic Committee exspells Rhodesia
1972 Craig Johnson, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, NHL left wing, Los Angeles Kings and 1994 Olympic Team
1972 Shaquille O'Neal, born in Newark, New Jersey, NBA center for the Magic, Lakers, won 1996 Olympic gold
1972 11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan
1972 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia)
1971 Wang Yang, youngest Olympic record breaker at age 17 1988 Olympics
1971 Picabo Street, skier, 1984 Olympic gold
1970 Tonja Yevette Buford-Bailey, born in Dayton, Ohio, 400m hurdler, won 1996 Olympic bronze
1970 South-Africa excluded from Olympic play
1970 Wesley Barnett, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, Olympic weightlifter, Pan Am-silver-1987
1969 David Wharton, Warminster, Pennsylvania, U.S. Olympic swimmer, Olympic-silver-88
1969 Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born U.S. Olympic fencer, dies
1968 19th Olympic games close at Mexico City, Mexico
1968 Mamo Wolde wins 16th Olympic marathon (2:20:26.4)
1968 U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony
1968 19th Olympic games open at Mexico City, Mexico
1968 Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is 1st woman to light Olympic flame
1968 Suzy Hamilton, U.S. olympic 1500m runner
1968 Carla McGhee, born in Peoria, Illinois, U.S. basketball forward, won Olympic gold in 1996
1968 Dionna Harris, born in Wilmington Delaware, softball outfielder, 1996 Olympic gold
1968 Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, born in Warsaw, New York, alpine skier, won Olympic gold and silver in 1992
1968 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France
1968 Peggy Fleming wins Olympic figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France
1968 10th Winter Olympic games opens in Grenoble, France
1968 Skater Kees Verkerk wins olympic gold in the 1500m
1967 Anthony Nesty, swimmer, won Suriname's 1st gold olympic medal
1967 Nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72
1967 Sean O'Neill, born in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. Olympic table tennis player 1992 Olympics
1967 Dara Torres, born in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. Olympic swimmer, Olympics gold 84
1966 66th U.S. Golf Open: Billy Casper shoots a 278 at Olympic CC in SF
1966 Erich Fischer, born in Dinuba, California, U.S. Olympic water polo foward 1992 Olympics
1965 Emilio Sanchez, born in Madrid, Spain, Tennis player, 1988 Olympic bronze
1964 Anton Geesink is 1st non-Japanese Olympic judo gold medal winner
1964 18th Olympic games close at Tokyo, Japan
1964 Japanese beat Russian for 1st Olympic Gold in woman's volleyball
1964 Abebe Bikila runs world/olympic record marathon (2:12:11.2)
1964 18th modern Olympic games opens in Tokyo
1964 South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies
1964 Buster Mathis defeats Joe Fraizer to qualify for U.S. Olympic team
1964 Kim Oden, U.S. Olympic volleyball player, NCAA Play of Decade-80s
1964 Raimo Helminen, born in Tampere, Finland, hockey forward, Team Finland, 1998 Olympic Bronze
1964 Emilia Eberle, Romania, gymnist, won Olympic silver in 1980
1964 9th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria
1964 Sjoukje Dijkstra (Neth) wins Olympic gold for figure skating
1964 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria
1963 Rebecca Twigg, born in Seattle, Washington 79K cyclist, Olympic silver 1984, 1992, 1996
1963 Candy Costie, born in Seattle, Washington synchronized swimmer, 1984 Olympic gold
1962 Jackie Joyner-Kersee, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, heptathele won Olympic gold 1988, 1992
1960 17th Olympic games close in Rome, Italy
1960 Abebe Bikila runs Olympic/World record marathon (2:15:16.2)
1960 Ljudmila Shevcova runs female olympic record 800m (2:04.3)
1960 Cassius Clay captures Olympic light heavyweight gold medal
1960 Tamara and Irina Press (U.S.S.R.) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold
1960 Anita Lonsbrough swims world/olympic record 200m (2:49.5)
1960 George Horvath, born in Sweden, pentathlete, 1980 Olympic
1960 8th winter Olympic games close at Squaw Valley, Colorado
1960 U.S. wins Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4
1960 U.S. Olympic Ice Hockey Team beats U.S.S.R. 3-2 en route to gold medal
1960 USA's David Jenkins wins Olympic Gold for men's figure skating
1960 U.S. beats Germany in Olympic hockey finals round, 9-1
1960 8th Winter Olympic games open in Squaw Valley, Colo
1958 Mary Decker Tabb Slaney, New Jersey, olympic track star, mile record 4:16.71
1958 Bob Bradley, born in Montclair, New Jersey, soccer coach, won Olympic gold 1996
1957 Mario Martinez, born in Salinas, California, U.S. Olympic weightlifter, Olympic-4th-1988
1957 Sheila Rena Ingram, born in Washington D.C., 4X400m relayer, 1976 Olympic silver
1956 16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia
1956 U.S.S.R. single sculls winner Vyacheslav Ivanov wins Olympic gold medal in his excitement he jumps for joy, and loses his medal, it sinks
1956 16th modern Olympic games opens in Melbourne
1956 Jim Barton, born Lincoln, Nebraska, soling yachter, won Olympic bronze in 1996
1956 7th Winter Olympic games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1956 Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympic skier to sweep 3 alpine events
1956 7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1955 55th U.S. Golf Open: Jack Fleck shoots a 287 at Olympic CC in SF
1954 Daniel Seemiller, Pitts, U.S. Olympic table tennis player 1992 Olympics
1954 David Wilkie, England, 200m backstroke swimmer, 1996 Olympic gold
1954 Karl Schnabl, 90m ski jumper, 1976 Olympic gold
1952 15th Olympic games close in Helsinki Finland
1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record marathon (2:23:03.2)
1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record 5K (14:06.6)
1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic Record 10K (29:17.0)
1952 15th modern Olympic games opens in Helsinki, Finland
1952 Iuliana Semenova, U.S.S.R., basketball, 1976 Olympic gold
1952 Melissa Babish, South Carolina, swimmer, Olympic
1952 6th Winter Olympic games close at Oslo, Norway
1952 6th Olympic winter games open at Oslo, Norway
1951 Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052
1951 International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics
1951 Panuta Rosani, born in Poland, discus, Olympic 1976, drug disqualified
1950 International Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany and Japan in '52
1950 Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor, Engl, Princess/olympic equestrian
1950 Heidi Schuller, born in Germany, 1st woman to take olympic oath, 1972
1950 Rafael Canizares Poey, Alacs Mtnzs Cuba, basketballer, Olympic bronze 1972
1949 Claudia A. Kolb, U.S., 200m breast stroke swimmer 1964 Olympic silver
1948 Galina Prozumenschikova, U.S.S.R., 200m backstroke 1964 Olympic gold
1948 Sharon Stouder, U.S., 100m butterfly swimmer 1964 Olympic gold
1948 14th Olympic games close at London, Great Britain
1948 Delfo Cabrera wins 11th Olympic marathon (2:34:51.6)
1948 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record (10K - 29:59.6)
1948 King George VI opens 14th modern Olympic games in London
1948 Cathy Ferguson, 100m backstroke swimmer 1964 Olympic gold
1948 Enrique Basilio, hurler, 1st lady to light Olympic flame, Mexico-1968
1948 5th Winter Olympic games close at St. Moritz, Switzerland
1948 Dick Button becomes 1st U.S. figure skating Olympic champion
1948 Gretchen Fraser becomes 1st U.S. woman Olympic slalom champion
1948 5th Winter Olympic games open in St. Moritz, Switzerland
1947 Richard Roth, U.S., 400m swim medley 1964 Olympic gold
1947 Dick Fosbury, born in Portland Oregon, high jumper, won Olympic gold in 1968
1946 Eva Klobukowska, born in Poland, relay sprinter 1964 Olympic gold
1945 Fred Hansen, U.S., pole vaulter 1964 Olympic gold
1945 John Carlos, track star, Olympic bronze 1968, ; gave black power salute
1945 Randy Matson, U.S., shot putter, Olympic gold 1968
1944 Ference Bene, Hungary, record 12 soccer goals 1964 Olympic gold
1944 Patrick Sercu, born in Belgium, 1K time trial 1964 Olympic gold
1944 Edith McGuire, U.S. 200m sprinter 1964 Olympic gold
1944 Lawrence A. Hough, U.S., rower, Pairs w/o cox-1968 olympic silver
1944 Isao Okano, Japan, middleweight judo 1964 Olympic gold
1944 Joe Frazier, born in Beaufort, South Carolina, HW boxer 1964 Olympic gold /champ, 1968-73
1943 Orton Enderlein, German FR, luge 1964 Olympic gold
1943 Christi Haas, Austria, downhill skier 1964 Olympic gold
1943 Ingrid Kramer, born in Dresden, Germany, diver 1964 Olympic gold
1943 Benjamin W. Jipcho, born in Mt. Elgon, Kenya, 3K steeplechase, won Olympic silver in 1972
1943 Mauro Checcoli, Italy, 3 day equestrian, won Olympic gold in 1964
1943 Jonny Nilsson, Sweden, 10K speed skater 1964 Olympic gold
1942 Henry Carr, Det, Michigan, 200m/4x400m runner 1964 Olympic gold
1942 Sjoukje Dijkstra, born in Holland, figure skater 1964 Olympic gold
1942 Walter Raphael Hazzard, Wilmington Del, basketball 1964 Olympic gold
1942 Ann Packer-Brightwell, England, 400m/800m runner, 1964 Olympic gold
1941 Joe Louis Caldwell, Texas City, basketball player 1964 Olympic gold
1941 Lucas Brown Jackson, San Marcos, Texas, basketballer 1964 Olympic gold
1941 Jim Barnes, Tuckerton, Arkansas, basketball player 1964 Olympic gold
1941 Takehide Nakatani, born in Japan, lightweight 1964 Olympic gold
1940 Osamu Watanabe, Japan, featherweight 1964 Olympic gold
1940 Alain Calmat, France, figure skater 1964 Olympic silver
1940 Mary Rand-Bignal-Toomey, England, long jumper 1964 Olympic gold
1939 Claudia Boyarskikh, U.S.S.R., 5K/10K cross country 1964 Olympic gold
1939 Otis Paul Drayton, Glen Cove, New York, 4x100m runner 1964 Olympic gold
1939 Josef Feistmantl, Austria, lugeist 1964 Olympic gold
1938 Josef Odozil, Czechoslovakia, 1500m 1964 Olympic silver
1938 1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo Japan to Helsinki Finland
1938 Olympic National Park forms
1938 Finland awarded 1940 Olympic games after Japan withdraws
1938 Enrique Figuerola Camue, born in Cuba, 100m runner 1964 Olympic silver
1938 Boris Majorov, U.S.S.R., ice hockey 1964 Olympic gold
1938 Yevgeniy Majorov, U.S.S.R., ice hockey 1964 Olympic gold
1937 German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany
1937 Leo Lacroix, France, skier 1964 Olympic silver
1936 11th Olympic games closes in Berlin
1936 1st Olympic basketball game (Berlin)
1936 Diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d)
1936 At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal
1936 Adolph Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
1936 4th Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
1936 Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympic figure skating gold
1936 4th Winter Olympic games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
1935 Abdon Pamich, Italy, 50K walker 1964 Olympic gold
1935 Jerome Shipp, U.S., basketball 1964 Olympic gold
1934 Antonius Geesink, Holland, judo 1964 Olympic gold
1933 Knut Johannesen, Norway, 5K/10K speed skater 1964 Olympic gold
1933 Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936
1932 Katalin Juhasz-Nagy, Hungary, foils 1964 Olympic gold
1932 10th Olympic Games at Los Angeles closes
1932 10th modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
1932 Oleg Protopopov, born in Russia, olympic pairs skater, Gold 1964, 68
1932 Imre Polyak, born in Hungary, featherweight 1964 Olympic gold
1932 Anatoliy Roschin, born in U.S.S.R., super heavyweight wrestler, 1972 Olympic gold
1932 3rd Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York
1932 America enter Olympic 2-man bobsled competition for 1st time
1932 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, New York (demonstration sport)
1932 3rd Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, New York
1930 Harry Glass, German DR, 1st E German Olympic medalist, bronze-1956
1928 Rudolph Plukfelder, U.S.S.R., light heavyweight 1964 Olympic gold
1928 9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam
1928 9th Olympic Games open in Amsterdam
1928 1st woman to win an olympic gold medal - Halina Knonpacka of Poland
1928 9th modern Olympic games opens in Amsterdam
1928 2nd Winter Olympic games close at St. Moritz, Switzerland
1928 2nd Winter Olympic games opens in St. Moritz, Switzerland
1927 Torbjorn Falkanger, Norway, took Olympic oath, 1952
1926 Bud Greenspan, documentary maker, Olympic Games
1926 Laszlo Papp, born in Hungary, Olympic Boxer, Gold-1948, 1952, 1956
1925 Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of International Olympic Committee
1924 8th Olympic games closes in Paris
1924 Albin Stenroos wins Olympic marathon (2:41:22.6)
1924 Christine Goitschel, born in France, slalom 1964 Olympic gold
1924 8th Olympic games open at Paris, France
1924 1st Winter Olympic games close at Chamonix France
1924 1st Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France
1923 Piero J d'Inzeo, born in France, equestrian show jumper, Olympic gold in 1952, 1964
1922 Herbert P. Douglas Jr., born in Pittsburgh, long jumper, 1948 Olympic bronze
1920 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium
1920 Olympic Games open in Antwerp
1920 Juan Antonio Samaranch, chairman, International Olympic Committee
1920 7th modern Olympic games opens in Antwerp Belgium
1919 Hershy Kay, Philadelphia Penn, composer/arranger, Olympic Hymn
1919 Dharam Singh, India, field hockey player 1964 Olympic gold
1918 Leroy T Walker, born in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Olympic consultant, 1960, 68, 72
1918 LeRoy Walker, born in Atlanta, Georgia, CEO, US Olympic Committee
1913 Willi Daume, olympic organizer
1913 Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro
1912 Netherland Olympic Committee forms
1912 5th Olympic games in Stockholm closes
1912 Kenneth McArthur runs Olympic record marathon (2:36:54.8)
1912 5th Olympic games in Stockholm opens
1912 Glen Morris, born in Missouri, Olympic champion/actor, Tarzan
1912 5th Olympic games open at Stockholm, Sweden
1911 Richard Torriani, Switzerland, took Olympic oath, 1948
1911 Robert Joseph Kane, born in Ithaca, New York, President of U.S. Olympic Commission, 1976
1910 Marie Dollinger, Germany, dropped bataan in 1936 Olympic sprint
1909 Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals
1908 4th Olympic games ends in London
1908 4th modern Olympic games opens in London
1908 4th modern Olympic games opens in London
1908 Kristian Palusalu, born in Finland, heavyweight wrestler, 1936 Olympic gold
1906 10th anniversary Olympic games close at Athens, Greece
1906 10th anniversary Olympic games open at Athens, Greece
1906 3rd modern Olympic games opens in Athens
1905 William Northam, Austria, yachtsman 1964 Olympic gold
1904 3rd Olympic games close in St. Louis
1904 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St. Louis
1904 3rd modern Olympic games opens in St. Louis
1904 Ivar Ballangrud, born in Norway, Olympic speed skater, 4 gold, 2 silver
1900 After over 5 months 2nd Olympic games in Paris France, close
1900 Great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games
1900 Start of the one and only olympic cricket match, in Paris
1900 2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris (lasted 5 months)
1896 1st Olympic games close at Athens, Greece
1896 Spiridon Louis wins 1st Olympic marathon (2:58:50)
1896 1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece [3/25 OS] American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history
1896 1st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens
1895 Nat Pendleton, Davenport, Iowa, Olympic wrestler/actor, Reckless
1892 P de Coubertin launches plan for Modern Olympic Games
1891 Jan Wils, Holland, architect/designer, Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium
1889 John B Kelly, Olympic champion rower/father of Grace Kelly
1887 Avery Brundage, born in Detroit, Michigan, CEO, International Olympic Committee, 1952-72
1886 Paul Radmilovic, born in England, swimmer, 3 1908 Olympic gold medals
1863 Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron, revived Olympic games
1860 San Francisco Olympic Club, 1st U.S. athletic club forms
1843 1st theatre matinee (Olympic Theatre, New York City)
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