Olympics - Pan American Games
May 05, 1984 - United Nations New York The meandering 82 day journey of the 1984 Olympic Torch Relay began in New York City in front of the United Nations building. On the same day that the Soviet Union announced that they would not send their athletes to the games in Los Angeles. Gina Hemphill and Bill Thorpe Jr. grandchildren of Olympic greats Jesse Ownes and Jim Thorpe, lit the torch and ran the first kilometer. O.P.S. Bill Thorpe Jr. on the left and Gina Hemphill on the right hold the torch aloft in the rain after the lighting ceremony
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