In 196, peace was finally agreed and at the Isthmian Games that year Flamininus proclaimed the liberty of the Greeks to general rejoicing.

The Games of 196 BC were used by Titus Quinctius Flamininus to proclaim the freedom of the Greek states from Macedonian hegemony.

In 196 BC Flamininus appeared at the Isthmian Games in Corinth and proclaimed the freedom of the Greek states.

At the Isthmian Games in 196 BC, Flamininus declared all the Greek cities free, although Roman garrisons were placed at Corinth and Chalcis.

Among Romans the career of Titus Quinctius Flamininus ( died 174 BC ), who appeared at the Isthmian Games in Corinth in 196 BC and proclaimed the freedom of the Greek states, was fluent in Greek, stood out, according to Livy, as a great admirer of Greek culture ; the Greeks hailed him as their liberator.

Norwegian truck driver Hjalmar Andersen won three out of four speed skating events to become the most decorated athlete at the Games.

Revel Horwood directed the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and staged Once Upon a Time-The Life of Hans Christian Andersen, a live concert in Copenhagen to mark the author's bicentenary which was televised worldwide.

Fantasy Games Unlimited published a second edition of the game in 1982, and the game was modified and republished by Steve Jackson Games as an official GURPS supplement in 1992.

A second edition of Bunnies & Burrows was printed in 1982 by Fantasy Games Unlimited, although the continuing popularity of the first edition is evidenced by how it was still being actively played in 2008.

* Bunnies & Burrows ( Second edition ) ( 1982 ), Fantasy Games Unlimited

Ken Uston reviewed 32 games in his book Ken Uston's Guide to Buying and Beating the Home Video Games in 1982, and rated some of the Channel F's titles highly ; of these, Alien Invasion and Video Whizball were considered by Uston to be " the finest adult cartridges currently available for the Fairchild Channel F System.

Maynard Smith explains further in his 1982 book Evolution and the Theory of Games.

This area of research culminated in his 1982 book Evolution and the Theory of Games.

Crisis at Crusader Citadel was an introductory adventure, a V & V supplement published in 1982 by Fantasy Games Unlimited, written and illustrated by Dee and Herman.

* Car Wars-( Steve Jackson Games, 1982 )-initially printed as a board game, it quickly evolved to incorporate elements of miniatures games.

* Killer ( role-playing game ), an official live action role-playing game set of rules, derived from the precedent and first published by Steve Jackson Games in 1982

* Gay Games and World OutGames held first in 1982 and 2006, for the worldwide gay community.

In 1982 Wells also ran a wind assisted 19. 8 in the 200 metres at a time trial for the Commonwealth Games in Meadowbank, Edinburgh.

Category: Athletes ( track and field ) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

On the basis of being able to organize the Paralympic Games more efficiently and to give the Paralympic Movement one voice, the four international organizations combined under the IOSD founded the International Co-ordination Committee of World Sports Organizations for the Disabled ( ICC ) in 1982.

In 1982 Avalon Hill hired some of the design staff from Simulations Publications, Inc. ( SPI ), which had just been bought by TSR, Inc, and formed them into a subsidiary company, Victory Games.

* Matilda, the kangaroo mascot of the 1982 Commonwealth Games

* David Moorcroft, set the world record for 5000 m on July 7, 1982, in Oslo, at the Bislett Games with a time of 13: 00. 41

Yes Minister won the BAFTA award for Best Comedy Series for 1980, 1981 and 1982, and the " Party Games " special was nominated in the Best Light Entertainment Programme category for 1984.

In 1982, Clinton signed to Capitol Records under two names: his own ( as a solo artist ) and as the P-Funk All-Stars, releasing Computer Games under his own name that same year.

The remaining members of Parliament-Funkadelic recorded the 1982 hit album Computer Games, which was released as a George Clinton solo album.

It was among the top four on Billboard magazine's " Top 15 Video Games " sales list in December 1982 and January 1983.

Hazel made another prominent appearance in " Man's Best Friend " on the George Clinton album Computer Games ( 1982 ), as well as the track " Pumping It Up " from the P-Funk All Stars album Urban Dancefloor Guerillas.

Another member of the Grace family, Robert Lindsay Thomas, a Screven farmer, served in the United States House of Representatives from 1982 to 1992 and later served on the 1996 Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games.

Meier co-founded MicroProse in 1982 and is a Director of Creative Development for computer game developer Firaxis Games, which he co-founded with Jeff Briggs and Brian Reynolds in 1996.

* 1896 – In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1, 500 years after the original games are banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.

* 1896 – Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.

* 1936 – Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad.

* 2010 – The first-ever Youth Olympic Games are held in Singapore.

* 1930 – The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.

* 2008 – American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.

* 1964 – South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.

* 1987 – The American male basket ball team lost the gold medal to Brazilian team at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis.

* 1906 – The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.

* 2012 – The opening ceremony of the Summer Paralympic Games is held in London.

Men Playing Board Games – from The Sougandhika Parinaya Manuscript ( 1821 CE )

The NLCS and ALCS, since the expansion to best-of-seven, are always played in a 2 – 3 – 2 format: games 1, 2, 6 and 7 are played in the stadium of the team that has home field advantage, and Games 3, 4 and 5 are played in the stadium of the team that does not.

The ALCS and NLCS, since the expansion to best-of-seven, are always played in a 2 – 3 – 2 format: Games 1, 2, 6, and 7 are played in the stadium of the team that has home field advantage, and Games 3, 4, and 5 are played in the stadium of the team that does not.

* Dilbert: the Board Game – 2006 ; by Hyperion Games ; A Dilbert-branded board game that was named one of Games magazine's Top 100 Games

When Martin Gardner retired from writing his " Mathematical Games " column for Scientific American magazine, Hofstadter succeeded him in 1981 – 1983 with a column entitled Metamagical Themas ( an anagram of " Mathematical Games ").