Monthly Archives: April 2022

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. …

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 –  …

Some notable happenings of the IV Olympiad – London 1908 Initially awarded to Rome, the Games of the IV Olympiad were moved to London after Mt. Vesuvius erupted on 7 April 1906, devastating the city of Naples and requiring the …

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 …

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 after joining Francisco Pizarro in his conquest of the Incas and, on returning …