On this day - 17 September
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
Opening of the South Korea Olympic Games
The 1988 South Korea Olympics opened in Seoul on September 17th 1988. 159 nations were represented by over 8000 athletes. The two previous Olympic Games held in Moscow, Russia in 1980 and Los Angeles, USA in 1984 had seen a great number of boycotts from other nations. The 1988 saw the vast majority of these boycotts overcome and more nations participated.
The closing ceremony took place on October 2nd 1988. The official mascot of the games was a cartoon tiger called Hodori.
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