Shining like an incandescent Olympic torch, the Tokyo Tower is our cue to finally say, "Let the games begin!" Along with so much else, the 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed last year (as you probably heard). Despite the long delay, the Summer Olympic Games begin in Tokyo today, almost exactly one year after the games were originally due to start. But these Olympics will look a little different from past games. A recent spike in coronavirus cases has led to a state of emergency in Tokyo, so Olympic organizers have barred spectators from most events. Nevertheless, officials are determined that the Tokyo Olympics will be a demonstration of fortitude in the face of adversity.
Let the games (finally) begin!
Today in History
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Happy World Laughter Day
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A tale of almonds and bees
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Landscape Architecture Month
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Bryce Canyon National Park turns 100
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Mount Pico, Portugal
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It’s Draw a Bird Day
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Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
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Brain coral
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Winter in Old Nuuk
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D-Day remembered
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Seitan Limania Beach, Crete
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Belgium celebrates its independence
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Vinh Hy Bay, Vietnam
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Celebrate Mandela Day
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State funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
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Summertime in Alaska
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Cross this bridge if you dare
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A grand event
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Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, California
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Midnight sun
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Ruins of Inca temples and terraces on Huayna Picchu, Peru
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A festival of lights in India
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The first ascent
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Have a ‘beary’ good Earth Day
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‘The memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever’
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Hezké svátky
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Lucian Blaga National Theater, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Chestnut-eared aracari in the Pantanal, Brazil
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A. M. Foster Bridge in Cabot, Vermont
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Honoring the fallen