On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium ...

History and Stars of the World’s Greatest Sporting Event from Athens 1896 to Paris 2024 is a fresh compilation of the Games ...

The Boston Marathon began in 1897, but the starting line didn’t move from Ashland to neighboring Hopkinton until 1924.

On April 6, 1830, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, originally known as the Church of Christ, was founded ...

The Princeton University Library Chronicle Vol. 64, No. 3, Spring 2003 The 1896 Olympic Games at Athens and the... The 1896 Olympic Games at Athens and the Princeton Connection This is the metadata ...

2004 — Led by Diana Taurasi, UConn beats Tennessee 70-61 for its third straight women’s title. This is the first time one school sweeps the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball crown in the same year.

Islanders basketball team have been competing weekends since January and took the gold as Division 12 state champions.

Los Angeles Chargers were awarded international marketing rights to grow the game in Greece as part of the NFL Global Markets ...

The following are the presidents of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since the body was founded in 1894:2013-2025: Thomas Bach (Germany)2001-2013: Jacques Rogge (Belgium)1980-2001: Juan ...

In 1896, the first African-American police officer in Dallas, Officer William McDuff, was killed, only weeks after taking ...

For the first time since this global skaters’ waltz began in 1896, the US squad won three gold medals. Ilia Malinin, the ...