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The Games of the XXIX Olympiad opened in Beijing, China, on August 8, 2008.

On July 30, 1932, the Games of the X Olympiad opened in Los Angeles, California.

On July 28, 1984, the Summer Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles, California.

On July 19, 1980, the Summer Olympic Games opened in Moscow, Soviet Union. They were the first Olympics to be held in Eastern Europe.

On July 17, 1976, Queen Elizabeth II presided over the opening ceremonies of the Games of the XXI Olympiad in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal was selected as the host city for the 1976 Olympics at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee in 1970.  This marked the first and only Summer Olympics in Canada.

On May 30, 1911, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway held its first 200-lap, 500-mile race, dubbed the Indianapolis (or Indy) 500.

Baseball player Rogers Hornsby, Sr., was born on April 27, 1896, in Winters, Texas.

On March 18, 1892, Canada’s Lord Stanley of Preston announced he would donate a silver challenge cup to be awarded to the nation’s best hockey team.

US General Omar Nelson Bradley was born on February 12, 1893, in Clark, Missouri.