Antedating of Modern "Olympic Games"

[Dan Goncharoff]

Here is a NYTimes article from November 21, 1893, referring to "The
possibility of re-establishing the Olympic games."

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40B1FFD3E5A1A738DDDA80A94D9415B8385F0D3

DanG


On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>wrote:

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> Olympic games (OED, 1.b., 1896)
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> 1894 _S.F. Chronicle_ 9 Dec. 1 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  The
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> c games of 1904 will be held in the United States.
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> Fred Shapiro
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