The Modern Olympics Begin in Athens
On April 6, 1896, King George I of Greece opened the first modern Olympic Games before some 80,000 spectators in Athens' marble Panathenaic Stadium.
Tales from the year 1896
The Night Ford Knocked Down His Own Wall
On June 4, 1896, Henry Ford took an axe to his workshop wall, rolled out his first car, and drove it through the dark streets of Detroit at 4 a.m.
The Gold Nugget That Launched 100,000 Stampeders
On August 16, 1896, four prospectors found gold on a Yukon creek and sparked the Klondike Gold Rush, one of history's greatest migrations.