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 * 800 BC 400 AD ||  || First official ‘modern’ Olympic Games held in Athens ||
 * 1894 ||  || Paris holds the second modern Olympic Games ||
 * 1896 ||  || Olympic Games cancelled due the World War II ||
 * 1900 ||  || The ‘Stoke Mandeville Games’ take place in Buckinghamshire the beginnings of the Paralympics. ||
 * 1916 ||  || Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece ||
 * 1924 ||  || The London 2012 Olympic Games begins. ||
 * 1936 ||  || International Olympic Committee formed by Pierre de Coubertin ||
 * 1940 & 1944 ||  || Berlin introduces the idea of a torch relay in the lead up to the Games ||
 * 1948 ||  || First ever Winter Olympics held in Chamonix, France ||
 * 27th July 2012 ||  || Olympics cancelled due to World War I ||