On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games were reborn in Athens, 1,500 years after Roman Emperor Theodosius I banned them in 393 A.D. to curb pagan traditions. At the opening ceremony, King Georgios I of ...

It was on April 6 in 1917, that the United States abandoned its stance of neutrality and officially joined the Allied powers ...

History and Stars of the World’s Greatest Sporting Event from Athens 1896 to Paris 2024 is a fresh compilation of the Games ...

This dataset presents a comprehensive archive of Olympic history, spanning 126 years from the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 to the Beijing Winter Olympics. It provides athlete-level ...

2004 — Led by Diana Taurasi, UConn beats Tennessee 70-61 for its third straight women’s title. This is the first time one ...

110 m hurdles Each competitor runs in his or her own lane and has ten hurdles to jump. The men’s event was first run at the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens, and the women’s event made its debut at the ...

Boxing will feature in the Olympic Games in 2028. After the executive board ... who secured a silver medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004 before going on to win the middleweight world title ...

This is the second-most of any tennis player behind only India’s Leander Paes, who has contested seven Olympic Games. Tennis was an event at the first modern Games at Athens 1896 but was discontinued ...

On April 6, 1917, the United States entered World War I as the House joined the Senate in approving a declaration of war against Germany that was then signed by President Woodrow Wilson. In 1830, ...