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What was the significance behind the return of the olympic games to Athens in 2004?
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∙ 12y ago
the significance is that it was held on Friday the 13th -- a little more information would be nice
No particular significance as far as the date. They actually wanted desperately to have the Olympics in 1996-the 100th anniversary of the first games but the IOC felt their city was not ready. To save face they tried a little harder and were awarded the games for 2004.
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