Olympic Games
Overview page. Subjects: Sport and Leisure.
An ancient Greek festival with athletic, literary, and musical competitions held at Olympia every four years, traditionally from 776 bc until abolished by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in...
Olympic Games
in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
January 2008; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Contemporary History (Post 1945). 1011 words.
[This entry consists of two subentries, an overview and a discussion of the Olympic Games in East Asia.]
Olympic Games
in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
January 2008; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Contemporary History (Post 1945). 722 words.
Munich Olympic killings (5 Sept. 1972)
in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
January 2008; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Contemporary History (Post 1945). 74 words.
(5 Sept. 1972)
During the 20th Olympic Games in Munich, Palestinian terrorists from the ‘Black September’ group attacked
World Cup
in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
January 2008; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Contemporary History (Post 1945). 1254 words.
Alongside the Olympic Games, the men's soccer World Cup is one of the world's major sporting events. First contested in
Tlatelolco Massacre
in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
January 2008; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Contemporary History (Post 1945). 703 words.
On 2 October 1968, ten days before Mexico City inaugurated the 1968 Summer Olympics (the first time the Games
Munich Olympic killings
Overview page. Subjects: Contemporary History (Post 1945).
(5 Sept. 1972)
During the 20th Olympic Games in Munich, Palestinian terrorists from the ‘Black September’ group attacked the quarters of the Israeli team in the Games village. Two...
Munich Olympic killings (5 Sept. 1972)
in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
P ublished online September 2016 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Contemporary History (Post 1945). 77 words.
During the 20th Olympic Games in Munich, Palestinian terrorists from the ‘Black September’ group attacked the quarters of the Israeli team in the Games village. Two Israelis were killed and...
Daley Thompson
Overview page. Subjects: Contemporary History (Post 1945).
1958– )
British athlete, whose performances in the decathlon in the 1980s established him as one of the most successful all-round athletes ever.
Born in Notting Hill,...
Linford Christie
Overview page. Subjects: Contemporary History (Post 1945).
(1960– )
Jamaican-born British Olympic sprinter who specialized in the 100-metres event. His many awards include a gold medal in the 1992 Olympics.
Born in St Andrews,...
Mark Andrew Spitz
Overview page. Subjects: Contemporary History (Post 1945).
(1950– )
US swimmer, winner of seven gold medals in the 1972 Munich Olympics and holder of twenty-seven world records for freestyle and butterfly (1967–72).
Spitz began...
Roh Tae Woo
Overview page. Subjects: Contemporary History (Post 1945).
(b. 4 Dec. 1932).
President of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) 1988–93 Born in Talsong, North Kyongsang province, he enlisted in the South Korean army, graduating from its...
Luis Echeverría Álvarez
Overview page. Subjects: Contemporary History (Post 1945).
(b. 17 Jan. 1922).
President of Mexico 1970–6
A professor of jurisprudence, he was general secretary of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido...
Sir Peter Markham Scott
Overview page. Subjects: Contemporary History (Post 1945).
British naturalist and painter who made a major contribution to nature conservation, in particular by founding the Wildfowl Trust (subsequently renamed the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust) in...
Munich Olympic killings (5 Sept. 1972)
in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
P ublished online March 2019 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: History; Contemporary History (Post 1945). 77 words.
During the 20th Olympic Games in Munich, Palestinian terrorists from the ‘Black September’ group attacked the quarters of the Israeli team in the Games village. Two Israelis were killed and...
Johnny Weissmuller
Overview page. Subjects: Sport and Leisure — Contemporary History (Post 1945).
(1904–84)
A US champion swimmer at the 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games, who acted in Hollywood films in the role of Tarzan. Weismuller's switch of professions represented the rise of...
