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When was the fist joke said?
Roy Walker Davis Jr. He was also the greatest redneck ever created
Who watched the ancient greek olmpyics games?
The Ancient Greek Olympic games were watched by men only (participants were naked). Women, if I am not mistaken, caught watching said games were condemned to death. They were, after all, part of a religious ritual.
When were Tommie Smith and John Carlos banned from the Olympic team and expelled from the Olympic village and for what reason?
At the 1968 Summer Olympic games in Mexico City, Mexico, gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos were suspended from the US team and expelled from the Olympic village following a political protest during the men's 200 m race medals ceremony. During the national anthem, Smith and Carlos raised their fists as a Black Power salute. They were shoeless but wearing black socks, representing black poverty. Smith's black scarf represented black pride, and Carlos' unzipped jacket represented solidarity with blue collar workers. Carlos also wore a string of beads, which he said "were for those individuals that were lynched, or killed and that no-one said a prayer for, that were hung and tarred. It was for those thrown off the side of the boats in the middle passage." Silver medalist Peter Norman of Australia wore a Olympic Project for Human Rights badge in support of Smith and Carlos and was subsequently not chosen for the 1972 Olympic Games. Avery Brundage, president of the International Olympic Committee, believed that the protest was not in the spirit of the Olympic Games. An IOC spokesman said it was "a deliberate and violent breach of the fundamental principles of the Olympic spirit". Smith and Carlos were ostracized from the sports community and subjected to criticism and death threats.
Who banned the olympic games in393ad?
They were held in honour of the god Zeus. Christian emperor Theodosius showed his Christian tolerance by banning them.
What Olympic Gold medal winner threw his medal in the Ohio River?
The story is said about Muhammad Ali (aka Cassius Clay) that after he was refused to be served at a whites only restaurant he threw his gold medal into the Ohio River. Others claim that he lost it and the story is not true. He did receive a new gold medal in 1996 at the Olympic games in Atlanta.
