Atlanta was one of six cities meeting...
Atlanta was one of six cities meeting the deadline for submitting bids to stage the 1996 Summer Olympics. Others were Athens, which had the first modern Games in 1896; Melbourne, Australia, the 1956 site; Belgrade, Yugoslavia; Toronto and Manchester, England.
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