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  Encyclopedia: 1936 Summer Olympics
The Canadian Olympic Team was the only olympic team from a non-fascist country to salute Hitler (in a gesture of friendship) while marching by during opening ceremonies.
The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in Beijing in the Peoples Republic of China from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony to take place at 8 p.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1936-Summer-Olympics   (3410 words)

  
 Olympic Games --  Encyclopædia Britannica
From July 19 to Aug. 4, 1996, the city of Atlanta, Ga., welcomed the world to join it in celebrating the XXVI Olympiad, 100 years after the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.
Founded mainly by writers, educators, scientists, and scholars, the Olympic Movement's understanding of “culture” has shifted over the years among the fine-arts conception, the idea of general moral cultivation,...
As a result of the United States boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow and the Soviet Union not attending the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Calif., athletes from these countries were deprived of the opportunity to face one another in sports competition.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9108519   (934 words)

  
 Learn more about 1936 Summer Olympics in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Learn more about 1936 Summer Olympics in the online encyclopedia.
Although awarded before the Nazi Party came to power in Germany, the government saw the Olympics as a golden opportunity to promote their fascist ideology.
In the marathon two Korean athletes -- Sohn Kee-chung and Nam Sung-yong -- won medals, while running for Japan and under Japanese names.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /1/19/1936_summer_olympics.html   (481 words)

  
 NCDC Bibliography (1995-2001)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Gallo, K.P., and J.D. Tarpley, 1996: The comparison of vegetation index and surface temperature composites for urban heat-island analysis.
Guttman, N.B., and C.B. Baker, 1996: Exploratory analysis of the difference between temperature observations recorded by ASOS and conventional methods.
Graumann, A., D. Ross, and N. Lott, 1996: The 1995 hurricane season, a view from the NOAA satellites.
www.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/climate/bibliography.html   (9080 words)

  
 University of Hawaii at Hilo Theatre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The sound is so chillingly beautiful, by anyone’s standards, that the entire audience sits enraptured, most of them with eyes shut.
My own eyes flooded with tears..” – Summer Burkes, The Guardian
Their costumes and their energy are something to see; a wonderful gladdening show.
www.performingarts.net /Theatre/calendar.htm   (1302 words)

  
 May 8 Events in History
May 8, 1996 New York Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3
May 8, 1996 South Africa's Constitutional Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution
May 8, 1984 U.S.S.R. announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics
www.brainyhistory.com /days/may_8.html   (2013 words)

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