Today marks the 60th anniversary of the Opening Ceremony of the London 1948 Olympic Games.
The London Olympic Games Opening Ceremony...60 years ago in Wembley
The 2012 Editor, 29 Jul 2008
British athlete John Mark lit the Olympic Flame in Wembley Stadium, which was used as the Olympic Stadium for the Games:
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5 Aug 2008, 07:43PM, thegoodgerman said:
What was funny about the London Games 1948:There were medals for artistic productions like paintings, sculptures, drawings, lyrics and so on!