1994: Olympics

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'The best Olympic Games ever.' So said Juan Antonio Samaranch, the president of the International Olympic Committee, at the closing ceremonies of the XVII Olympic Winter Games, which were held in February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Norway's King Harald V was among the thousands in... ...