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May 23, 2024 · History Early coverage 1964 Summer Olympics. NBC televised its first Olympic Games in 1964, when it broadcast that year's Summer Olympics from Tokyo.The network originally had intended to film the events from Tokyo but the Syncom team had a 1-hour test on the Syncom 3 satellite and it was discovered that it can transmit up to two hours from the US to Japan as with signals from the West Coast.
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1 day ago · The 1988 Summer Olympics (Korean: 1988년 하계 올림픽), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad (제24회 올림픽경기대회) and commonly known as Seoul 1988 (서울 1988), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represented at the games by a total of 8,391 athletes (6,197 men and 2,194 women ...
May 12, 2024 · Season 3 of the Canadian medical drama, like the ones before it, found a Stateside home on NBC, airing Oct. 12, 2023 through Feb. 9 of this year. Starting off its season on Thursdays and finishing ...
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May 21, 2024 · At the 1988 Summer Olympics, this sprinter briefly set a world record for the 100 meters before having the medal and record stripped. Answer: Ben Johnson Ben Johnson's 9.79 time in the 100 meters shattered the existing world record (9.93 by Carl Lewis), but he failed a drug test after the race and was stripped of his gold medal, which was ...
May 9, 2024 · On the version of Hot off the Wire posted May 22 at 7:45 a.m. CT: GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Multiple people were killed when a tornado tore through a small Iowa town and left a wide swath of ...
2 days ago · The Olympic Games are held every four years; since 1994, they have been alternated between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year period. Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, held in Olympia, Greece from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD.
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May 10, 2024 · Sites of the modern Olympic Games year Summer Games Winter Games *The Winter Games were not held until 1924. **Games were not held during World War I and World War II. ***Beginning in 1994, the Summer and Winter Games were held on a staggered two-year schedule. 1896 Athens * 1900 Paris *
