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The issue was debated that year by Vice President Richard Nixon and Sen. John F. Kennedy during the presidential campaign, and Brundage and the IOC became embroiled in it as well.
After losing his bid for the presidency in 2000, former Vice President Al Gore launches a campaign to educate people about the dangers of global warming. Directed by Davis Guggenheim, the ...
Two weeks before the opening of the 1960 Rome Olympics, in the midst of one of the hottest summers of the cold war, a press counselor for the Italian embassy in Washington paid a courtesy call...
Sep 4, 2010 · On September 1, 1960, the "darkest day in United States track and field history," the high jump was the scene for "the supreme upset of the Olympic Games" wrote Arthur Daley of The New York Times.
The United States competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. It was the first Summer Olympics in which the athletes marched under the present 50-star flag. 292 competitors, 241 men and 51 women, took part in 147 events in 17 sports. [1]
- 292 (241 men and 51 women) in 17 sports
- Rafer Johnson
Feb 10, 2022 · The 1960 Winter Olympics held in the Sierra Nevada transformed a sleepy valley into a ski haven. Organizers tried out new ideas, like instant replay and nationally televising the events — ideas that are commonplace now.
Jul 18, 2008 · Just in time for the 2008 Summer Olympics, David Maraniss' "Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World" looks back at the 1960 Olympic Games, the Rome-based event that became a crucial...
