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The IOC also announces that the summer and winter games will separate with the winter games on every even, common year; and the summer games on every leap year starting from 1992.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373510075#October", "title": "1986", "revid": 1373510075, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1988, "year_label": "1988 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – The International Olympic Committee awards Lillehammer the right to host the 1994 Winter Olympics.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373532411#September", "title": "1988", "revid": 1373532411, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 18", "text": "September 18 – The International Olympic Committee awards the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#September", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 9", "text": "July 9 – End of Apartheid: The International Olympic Committee readmits South Africa to the Olympics. The following day, U.S. President Bush terminates 1986-enacted U.S. sanctions on South Africa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#July", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1993, "year_label": "1993 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 23", "text": "September 23 – The International Olympic Committee selects Sydney, Australia, to host the 2000 Summer Olympics.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366430372#September", "title": "1993", "revid": 1366430372, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 5", "text": "September 5 – The International Olympic Committee picks Athens, Greece, to be the host city for the 2004 Summer Olympics.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#September", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 5", "text": "September 5 – The International Olympic Committee awards the 2004 Summer Olympics to the birthplace Athens (Greece). Athens beating Rome in the fifth and final round of votes 66 to 41.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1276007581#Events", "title": "1997 in Greece", "revid": 1276007581, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1998, "year_label": "1998 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 24", "text": "November 24 – A declassified report by Swiss International Olympic Committee official Marc Hodler reveals that bribes had been used to bring the 2002 Winter Olympics to Salt Lake City during bidding process in 1995. The IOC, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, the United States Olympic Committee and the United States Department of Justice immediately launch an investigation into the scandal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373236679#November", "title": "1998", "revid": 1373236679, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 23", "text": "January 23 - The Libyan delegate to the International Olympic Committee resigns as part of the investigation into bribery that led to Salt Lake City being awarded the 2002 Winter Olympics. His son had received scholarships at Utah universities as part of the campaign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323176648#Events", "title": "1999 in Libya", "revid": 1323176648, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2001, "year_label": "2001 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 13", "text": "July 13 – The International Olympic Committee chooses Beijing to host the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373523156#July", "title": "2001", "revid": 1373523156, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2004, "year_label": "2004 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 29", "text": "August 29 - The IOC officially stripped Adrián Annus of his Hammer Throw gold for the doping scandal", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347648349#December", "title": "2004 in Hungary", "revid": 1347648349, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2005, "year_label": "2005 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 6", "text": "July 6 – The International Olympic Committee awards London the right to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368527363#July", "title": "2005", "revid": 1368527363, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2007, "year_label": "2007 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – The International Olympic Committee awards Sochi the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370930640#July", "title": "2007", "revid": 1370930640, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 2", "text": "October 2 – The International Olympic Committee awards Rio de Janeiro the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#October", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2011, "year_label": "2011 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 6", "text": "July 6 – The International Olympic Committee awards Pyeongchang the right to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372940525#July", "title": "2011", "revid": 1372940525, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2013, "year_label": "2013 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – The International Olympic Committee awards Tokyo the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373160550#September", "title": "2013", "revid": 1373160550, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2015, "year_label": "2015 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 31", "text": "July 31 – The International Olympic Committee awards Beijing the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373300271#July", "title": "2015", "revid": 1373300271, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2017, "year_label": "2017 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 13 – The International Olympic Committee awards Paris and Los Angeles the right to host the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics, respectively.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371948773#September", "title": "2017", "revid": 1371948773, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2017, "year_label": "2017 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 5", "text": "December 5 – Russia is banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang by the International Olympic Committee, following an investigation into state-sponsored doping.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371948773#December", "title": "2017", "revid": 1371948773, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 24", "text": "March 24 – The International Olympic Committee and Japan postpone the 2020 Summer Olympics to 2021. On March 30, the Summer Olympics will be rescheduled from July 23 to August 8, 2021.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#March", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › March"}}]}