Some Olympic history was made in Paris on Bastille Day via the Torch Relay visits to several of the city's iconic sites. Photo via Paris 2024 with details at this link -- isoh.org/torch-relay-ar…

Free The Olympic Games exhibition alert (open weekdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in 7th Arrondissement) Paris 2024 visit GeniusofSport.com for more details.

On this day in The Olympic Games history, Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci became the first to score a perfect 10 at the Montreal Games. She went on to earn five gold, three silver and one bronze medal in 1976 and 1980.

Fresh faces to carry the Greek flag at the opening ceremony of Paris 2024 The Olympic Games as chosen by the Ηellenic Olympic Committee with details at this link: bit.ly/ISOHGreekFlags

At a recent ceremony, the AUS Olympic Team honored 1912 The Olympic Games gold/silver medalist Cecil Healy, who perished in WWI. For more details of this important tradition visit isoh.org/cecil-healy-tr…

The Paris 2024 The Olympic Games opening ceremony of 1924 was a bit simpler than the pomp and circumstance on the Seine. Check out how things worked 100 years ago via the ISOH summary at this link -- bit.ly/ISOH100Paris

Fans of World Athletics will want to check out the track history exhibit during Paris 2024 The Olympic Games near Tuileries Garden. Details here: isoh.org/johnsons-golde…

As we learned with the magnificent Paris 2024 The Olympic Games opening, we've come a long way since the LA84 Games, which opened on this date 40 years ago. Were you there? And where will you be for LA28? bit.ly/LA84OpeningHig…

It was King George VI who opened the London The Olympic Games on 29 July 1948. youtube.com/watch?v=t0mms8…

So that WAS a ménage à trois reference in the opening ceremony? What other The Olympic Games history was made in the Paris 2024 kick-off along the Seine? Check out this fresh ISOH post for more details ... bit.ly/ISOHSeine

Twenty years since Athens 2004 -- that was the cause for celebration at a recent gathering in Greece. Check out notes from the gathering looking at all that was achieved when the Games returned home. bit.ly/ISOHAthens2004…

Thomas Bach leaves big shoes to fill by the next The Olympic Games IOC President. See who's in the running for this leadership role ... bit.ly/ISOHSummaryIOC…

It was October 1964 when the first "TV" Games hit he airwaves from the Tokyo Olympiad. Check out Philip Barker's notes describing these historic broadcasts, now online via ISOH.org ... bit.ly/3U8yBxV

Please join us in congratulating Ingrid O'Neil, recipient of the 2024 ISOH Lifetime Achievement Award for her decades of contributions to the The Olympic Games in the field of Games-related memorabilia. Check out more at this video link -- bit.ly/4f55l2O

Interested in joining International Society of Olympic Historians? Or is it time to renew your membership? Check out the online application via this link -- isoh.org/join-isoh/

When the IOC gathered in Vienna during Oct. 1974, they picked Moscow to host the Games of the XXIInd Olympiad in 1980. Check out details from that vote held 50 years ago via ISOH.org and this link: bit.ly/ISOH80MoscowBi…

ISOH members, please join us online for the ISOH 2024 General Assembly, a virtual meeting on 30 Nov. For the link to join the call, see the member email sent 10 Oct. from Markus, who will send a reminder a few days before the call. See you there for ISOH board updates and news!

Trivia Tues: The The Olympic Games of Paris 1900 included croquet's lone Games contest in which French athletes swept the medals and the first two female Olympians competed 89 years before Shannen Miller and Winona Ryder picket up mallets in "Heathers." More at bit.ly/ISOHCroquet

Winter Olympics Wednesday: 30 years ago, Lillehammer '94 inspired a Sports Illustrated reporter to scribe, "These were the fairy-tale Games, drawn from the imagination ... They could not exist. Reality cannot be this good." More Norway notes at this link: bit.ly/3Oiqf3h

Now available: The oldest known on the ancient The Olympic Games (circa 1732) via ISOH's newly launched Open Access Program. Check out details via this link ... bit.ly/ISOHOpenAccess