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OLYMPIA
OLYMPIA//
DAY 28
timeline : The olympic games
776 BCE >
the first record of
Olympic games
1894 >
Baron Pierre de Coubertin forms the International Olympic Committee
1916 >
Games cancelled
due to World War I
1928 >
The Olympic flame is officially introduced
1960>
The first Olympic games televised worldwide
393 CE >
Emperor Theodosius
banned pagan games
1896 >
First modern Olympic games in Athens
1920 >
The Olympic flag is officially introduced
1940. 1944 >
Games cancelled due to World War II
1984 >
The games will take place alternate of each other, every two years
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DAY 29
Lighting the Olympic Torch, 2012
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