The Pocket Guide to World History

Olympics, Modern. 1896 Athens. 1900 Paris. 1904 St. Louis. 1908 London. 1912 Stockholm. 1920 Antwerp. Summer: 1924 Paris. 1928 Amsterdam. 1932 Los Angeles. 1936 Berlin. 1948 London. 1952 Helsinki. 1956 Melbourne. 1960 Rome. 1964 Tokyo. 1968 Mexico City. 1972 Munich. 1976 Montreal. 1980 Moscow. 1984 Los Angeles. 1988 Seoul. 1992 Barcelona. 1996 Atlanta. 2000 Sydney. 2004 Athens. 2008 Beijing. Winter: 1924 Chamonix. 1928 St Moritz. 1932 Lake Placid. 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen. 1948 St Moritz. 1952 Oslo. 1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo. 1960 Squaw Valley. 1964 Innsbruck. 1968 Grenoble 1972 Sapporo. 1976 Innsbruck. 1980 Lake Placid. 1984 Sarajevo. 1988 Calgary. 1992 Albertville. 1994 Lillehammer. 1998 Nagano. 2002 Salt Lake City. 2006 Torino. Olympia. [Read more ...]

Oman. 1508 Portugal discovers. 1659 Turkey. 1741 Said dynasty. Zanzibar. [Read more ...]

Omar. 581-644. Second Moslem caliph. Invaded Syria, Egypt, Persia. Established taxation. [Read more ...]

Omar Khayyam. c1027-1123. Persian mathematician/ poet: Rubaiyat. Specific gravity of gold 1061. [Read more ...]

Omdurman, Battle. 1898. British defeat Mahdi, dominate Sudan. [Read more ...]

Ommayyad. Umayyad. [Read more ...]

Omnibus. 1829 London. 1904 Double decker. 1911 Last horse drawn bus. [Read more ...]

Omphale. Mythical Queen of Lydia served by Hercules. [Read more ...]

Omri. -c872BC. King of Israel c884-. Established capital at Samaria. [Read more ...]

Oñate, Juan de. -1630. Spanish explorer of southwest US. [Read more ...]

Oneida Community. 19C US Perfectionist religious commune founded by Noyes....Oneida silver co. [Read more ...]

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