The Olympic Stadium in Athens, officially the Spyros Louis Olympic Stadium, is the main stadium of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in the suburb of Marousi. It was built for the 1982 European Athletics Championships and later hosted football matches, including the 1994 Cup Winners' Cup final and the 2007 Champions League final. For the 2004 Summer Olympics, the stadium was upgraded under a design by the architect Santiago Calatrava, who added a spectacular steel arch roof. It was the setting of the opening and closing ceremonies and athletics events at the Games. It is named after Spyros Louis, the Greek water carrier who won the marathon at the first modern Olympics in 1896.
Before and after
- 21 June 1982Music Day
- 21 June 1982Birth of William, Prince of Wales
- 18 July 1982Birth of Priyanka Chopra
- 29 August 1982Discovery of meitnerium
- 3 September 1982Construction of Olympic Stadium in Athens
- 11 September 1982Birth of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
- 14 September 1982Death of Grace Kelly
- 15 September 1982Launch of USA Today
- 16 September 1982Sabra and Shatila massacre
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- 1949Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
- c. 1950sRise of pop art
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The era
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