The last time the United States hosted the Summer Olympics was in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1996, producing a cavalcade of stars and a spectacle to match. From the opening ceremonies to the Parade of ...

But her greatest moment came a year earlier, when she set a record time of 52.61 seconds in the 400 meters hurdles at the 1995 World Championships, according to a wonderful 2016 story by Alan Morrell.

During the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia three pipe bombs exploded killing two people and injuring 111 on July 27th.. Those killed were a woman named Alice Hawthorne who died shortly ...

Michael Johnson, of the United States, celebrates after he won the men’s 200-meter final in a world record time of 19.32 at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Aug. 1, 1996. (AP Photo/Doug ...

Won bronze in the road race and time trial road cycling competitions at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics - Won bronze in the 5000-meter speed skating competition at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter ...

On a hot July evening in Atlanta, Georgia, crowds of people were gathered in Centennial Olympic Park on the eighth day of the 1996 Summer Olympics. Thirty-three-year-old Richard Jewell had been ...