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Monthly Archives: April 2022
Notes on the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 (London and Me addendum three)
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Four rounds for a third time. Nine cities had submitted bids to host the Olympics in 2012 but a technical evaluation reduced that number to five – London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, and Paris – before the voting actually began. …
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Notes on the XIV Olympiad – London 1948 (London and Me addendum two)
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The big picture. The year 1948 marked the return of the Olympic Games following a 12 year hiatus during World War II. These were known as the “Austerity Olympics” mainly because no new venues – including no Olympic Village – …
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Notes on the IV Olympiad – London 1908 (London and Me addendum one)
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Some notable happenings associated with the IV Olympiad – London 1908. Initially awarded to Rome, the Games of the IV Olympiad were moved to London after Mount Vesuvius erupted on 7 April 1906, devastating the city of Naples and requiring …
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London and Me
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Welcome to London. Unlike my trips to Montreal and Atlanta but rather more like my trips to other Olympic host cities, I’ve made only one trip to London which is, as of 2021 the only city to have hosted the …
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More wooden ships – Europeans willingly arrive; Natives unwillingly depart (Atlanta and me supplement three)
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De Soto – the explorer not the car. Some historians speculate that ego impelled Hernando de Soto to return to North America. De Soto amassed great wealth with Francisco Pizarro in conquering the Incas. On returning to Spain, he likely …
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