The Games opened in scorching sunshine - then the rains came, and Time magazine called the weather "the worst in Olympic history" Tokyo's heatwave may be a warning sign for the 2020 Olympics there, but things were rather different seventy years ago when London hosted the 1948 Games. They were the first since the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and an important symbol of international harmony. "May the weather be fine, the events well contested, and may records be broken," said Prime Minister Clement Attle...
The Games opened in scorching sunshine - then the rains came, and Time magazine called the weather "the worst in Olympic history" Tokyo's heatwave may be a warning sign for the 2020 Olympics there, but things were rather different seventy years ago when London hosted the 1948 Games. They were the first since the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and an important symbol of international harmony. "May the weather be fine, the events well contested, and may records be broken," said Prime Minister Clement Attle...
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