Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
International Olympic Committee
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23 June 1894: The International Olympic Committee (IOC)...
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23 June 1894
The International Olympic Committee
(IOC) was set up to organise international Olympic Games meetings inspired by the pan-Greek games of classical times.
International Organizations and Groups. http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/adressen/org-fact.html#ec.
17 July 1976: The Olympic Games (or summer Olympics) opened...
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17 July 1976
The Olympic Games (or summer Olympics) opened in Montreal. These games were notable for the sex-testing of all female competitors (except Princess Anne
, one of the British equestrian team, who was exempted).
Lanchester, John. “Short Cuts”. London Review of Books, Vol.
31
, No. 19, 8 Oct. 2009, p. 28.
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20 January 1980: President Jimmy Carter announced that America...
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20 January 1980
President Jimmy Carter
announced that America would boycott the MoscowOlympics
in an attempt to pressure the Soviet Union, which had invaded Afghanistan at the end of 1979.
“Olympic Games, Moscow 1980, Did you know?”. International Olympic Committee.
Morse, Eric. “Be careful whom you boycott”. The Globe and Mail, 27 Mar. 2008, p. A19.
