tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736109411741042853Wed, 06 Nov 2024 03:03:59 +0000Information about what happened this day long time ago. History of this day.http://longagotoday.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Mary Rariz)Blogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736109411741042853.post-2047657591814534617Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:11:00 +00002008-04-06T03:20:33.229-07:00By Lucy BartlettOlympics or The Olympic Games is a multi-sports event which takes place once in four years and comprises of winter and summer games. It is an international event and almost all the countries in the globe participate in the games.The first Olympic game was held in the year 776 BC in Olympia, Greece. The games were held in Greece till 393 AD. Subsequently in 1896, Pierre Fredy, http://longagotoday.blogspot.com/2008/04/olympic-games-history-of-olympic-games.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mary Rariz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736109411741042853.post-20374958815035501Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:26:00 +00002008-04-02T06:38:19.335-07:00April 2, 1805Hans Christian Andersen is bornHans Christian Andersen, one of the world's greatest storytellers, is born in Odensk, near Copenhagen.During Andersen's boyhood, his father died, and the child went to work in a factory briefly. However, he showed great talent for languages and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1828. The following year, he published his literary spoof A Walk from http://longagotoday.blogspot.com/2008/04/hans-christian-andersen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mary Rariz)