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September 28, 1924 (Sunday) [ edit ] The four remaining American aviators in the round-the-world flight expedition completed their journey by landing at Sand Point in Seattle in the airplanes Chicago (with pilot Lowell H. Smith and co-pilot Leslie P. Arnold) and New Orleans (with pilot Erik H. Nelson and co-pilot John Harding Jr), all four of ...
By 2034, eleven cities will have hosted the Olympic Games more than once: Athens (1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics), Paris (1900, 1924 and 2024 Summer Olympics), London (1908, 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics), St. Moritz (1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics), Lake Placid (1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics), Los Angeles (1932, 1984 and 2028 Summer Olympics ...
The Edmonton Grads win their first international basketball tournament held as part of the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. As it was only a demonstration sport, no medals were awarded. The Grads would dominate women's basketball tournaments from 1924 to 1936. [3]
College track and field star William DeHart Hubbard took a dramatic leap forward at the 1924 Paris Olympics for Black people back home in the segregated U.S.
The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques) [a] [1] are the world's leading international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition ...
Athletics - 1924 Summer Olympics Paris - Men's 400m (PA Images via Getty Images) Shoppers peruse bookstalls beneath the towers of Notre Dame in Paris, 1923. (Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy Stock Photo)
Track and field athlete Pat McDonald carried the flag for both the 1920 Antwerpen Games and the 1924 Paris Olympics. Culture Club - Getty Images Spectators take in the opening ceremony from the ...
The 1924 Summer Olympics was the second edition of the Summer Olympics to be held in Paris. 100 years later, the city has hosted the games once again with the 2024 Summer Olympics, marking its third time, becoming the second city ever to host the Summer Olympics three times (after London, which hosted the 1908, 1948, and 2012 Games).