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| 0396 CE | The ancient Olympic Games were held at intervals beginning in 776 BC until about 396 AD when they were abolished by Roman emperor Theodosius I after Greece lost its independence. The modern Olympic Games were started in 1896. | |
| 1894 CE | The decision to begin modern Olympics every 4 years was taken. | |
| 1896 CE | Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins first modern marathon in 3:18. | |
| 1896 CE | Greek runner Spiridon Loues wins first modern Olympic marathon in Athens. | |
| 1896 CE | The first modern Olympic games begin in Athens and American, James Connolly, wins the first modern Olympic gold medal. | |
| 1900 CE | The 2nd Olympic games opens in Paris France and lasted 5 months. | |
| 1900 CE | Eyre M Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in the Olympics. | |
| 1904 CE | 3rd Olympic Games opens in St Louis in the USA. | |
| 1906 CE | The 10th anniversary of the Olympics, is celebrated in Athens, Greece. | |
| 1906 CE | 4th (desputed) Olympic games opens in Athens. | |
| 1906 CE | London is selected to host the 1908 Olympics. | |
| 1906 CE | Olympic games held in Athens are not accepted by the IOC. | |
| 1908 CE | The 4th Olympic games opens in London. | |
| 1912 CE | 5th Olympic games opens in Stockholm Sweden. | |
| 1913 CE | Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a professional rather than an anateur. | |
| 1920 CE | 7th Olympic games opens in Antwerp, Belgium. | |
| 1920 CE | Allen Woodring wins Oympic 200m wearing borrowed shoes. | |
| 1920 CE | Ethelda Bleibtrey becomes the first US woman to win in the Olympics. | |
| 1924 CE | 8th Olympic games open in Paris, France. | |
| 1924 CE | Charles Jewtraw, US 500m skater, takes the first Winter Olympics gold medal. | |
| 1924 CE | 1st Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France. | |
| 1928 CE | 2nd Winter Olympics games opens in St Moritz, Switzerland. | |
| 1928 CE | 9th Olympic games open in Amsterdam. | |
| 1932 CE | 10th Olympic Games opens in Los Angeles | |
| 1932 CE | 3rd Winter Olympics games open in Lake Placid, New York. | |
| 1932 CE | The first Olympics dog sled race, Lake Placid New York (demonstration sport) | |
| 1932 CE | US bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer & Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold) | |
| 1 Aug 1936 CE | 11th Olympic Games is opened by Adolph Hitler in Berlin. | |
| 1936 CE | 4th Winter Olympics games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. | |
| 1936 CE | At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal | |
| 1936 CE | The first Olympic basketball game (Berlin) | |
| 1938 CE | Leni Riefenstahl completes her two-part 'Olympia', a film record of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. | |
| 1939 CE | 1940 Olympics awarded to Helsinki, Finland | |
| 1940 CE | 12th Olympic games are cancelled. | |
| 1944 CE | 13th Olympic games are cancelled. | |
| 1948 CE | 5th Winter Olympic games open in St Moritz, Switzerland. | |
| 1948 CE | Bob Mathias, US, wins decathlon at London Olympics | |
| 1948 CE | Fanny Blankers-Koen (Neth) is 1st women to win 3 golds at Olympics | |
| 1948 CE | Gretchen Fraser becomes 1st US woman Olympics slalom champion | |
| 1948 CE | 14th Olympic games open in London | |
| 1950 CE | International Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany. | |
| 1951 CE | International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics. | |
| 1952 CE | 15th Olympic games close in Helsinki Finland | |
| 1952 CE | 6th Winter Olympics games close at Oslo, Norway | |
| 1952 CE | 6th Winter Olympics games opens in Oslo, Norway | |
| 1956 CE | 16th modern Olympiad equestrian events open in Stockholm | |
| 1956 CE | 16th modern Olympic games opens in Melbourne | |
| 1956 CE | 16th Olympic games end in Melbourne | |
| 1956 CE | 7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | |
| 1956 CE | 7th Winter Olympics games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | |
| 1956 CE | Holland & Spain withdraw from Olympics, protest Soviets in Hungary | |
| 1956 CE | Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympics skier to sweep the 3 alpine events | |
| 1960 CE | 17th summer olympics opens in Rome | |
| 1960 CE | 8th winter Olympics games close at Squaw Valley CA | |
| 1960 CE | Running barefoot, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins Rome Olympic marathon | |
| 1960 CE | The 17th Olympic games close in Rome | |
| 1960 CE | US Olympics Ice Hockey Team beats USSR 3-2 en route to gold medal | |
| 1960 CE | US wins Olympics hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4 | |
| 1960 CE | Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley CA closes | |
| 1963 CE | IOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics | |
| 1964 CE | Olympic Games in Tokyo telecast live globally by satellite | |
| 1964 CE | 18th modern Olympic games opens in Tokyo | |
| 1964 CE | 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria | |
| 1964 CE | 9th Winter Olympics games close at Innsbruck, Austria | |
| 1964 CE | Japanese beat Russian for 1st Olympic Gold in woman's volleyball | |
| 1964 CE | Sjoukje Dijkstra (Netherlands) win Olympics gold for figure skating | |
| 1968 CE | 10th Winter Olympics games opens in Grenoble, France | |
| 1968 CE | 19th modern Olympic games opens in Mexico City | |
| 1968 CE | During Olympics Tommie Smith & John Carlos give black power salute | |
| 1968 CE | Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is 1st woman to light Olympic flame | |
| 1968 CE | Skater Kees Verkerk win Olympics gold in the 1500m | |
| 1968 CE | US Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith & John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony | |
| 1970 CE | South Africa excluded from Olympic play | |
| 1970 CE | Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit | |
| 1972 CE | 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics | |
| 1972 CE | 11th Winter Olympics games close at Sapporo, Japan | |
| 1972 CE | 11th Winter Olympics games opens in Sapporo Japan (1st in Asia) | |
| 1972 CE | Lord Michael Killanin succeeds Avery Brundage as head of Olympics | |
| 1972 CE | Olga Korbut, USSR, wins olympic gold medal in gymnastics | |
| 1972 CE | Summer Olympics open in Munich, West Germany | |
