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Há 1 dia · This trust was used to help finance the 1896 Games. [42] [43] [44] George Averoff contributed generously for the refurbishment of the stadium in preparation for the Games. [45] The Greek government also provided funding, which was expected to be recouped through the sale of tickets and from the sale of the first Olympic commemorative stamp set.
Há 1 dia · Brussels International (1897) in Brussels. The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the New World in 1492. [1] The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large ...
- 690 acres (280 hectares)
- Historical Expo
- Universal exposition
- World's Columbian Exposition
Há 1 dia · They began to lose popularity when Greece was conquered by Rome in the 2nd century BCE, and the Games were officially abolished about 400 CE because of their pagan associations. The Olympics were revived in the late 19th century, with the first modern Games being held in Greece is 1896.
Há 1 dia · The Spanish–American War [b] (April 21 – December 10, 1898) began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.
Há 6 dias · Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss (/ ˈ s t r ɔː z / STRAWZ; January 31, 1896 – January 21, 1974) was an American government official, businessman, philanthropist and naval officer. He was one of the original members of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1946 and he served as the commission's chair in the 1950s.
Há 1 dia · In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively upheld the Jim Crow system of racial segregation by its "separate but equal" doctrine. D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915), the first great American film, made heroes of the Ku Klux Klan in Reconstruction. Populism
Há 2 dias · Football at the Summer Olympics, also referred to as the Olympic Football Tournament, has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition sport, except 1896 (the inaugural Games) and 1932 (in an attempt to promote the new FIFA World Cup tournament).
