Per Wikipedia, dates of the Summer Olympics for the comparable period. 1968 (Mexico City) October 12-27 1972 (Munich) August 26-September 10 1976 (Montreal) July 17-August 1 1980 (Moscow) July 19-August 3 (assuming these weren't televised in the US given the boycott) 1984 (LA) July 28-August 12 1988 (Seoul) September 17-October 2 1992 (Barcelona) July 25-August 9 1996 (Atlanta) July 19-August 4 2000 (Sydney) September 15-October 1 2004 (Athens) August 13-29 2008 (Beijing) August 8-24 2012 (London) July 27-August 12 2016 (Rio) August 5-21
For what it's worth, I think the calendar push toward Labor Day (at least in my lifetime) started with the 2004 Republican convention. It was in New York from August 30-September 2. How much of this was avoiding Athens and how much was getting as close to 9/11 in NYC I have no idea. >________________________________ > From: PGage <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Reduced TV Convention Ratings and Smaller > Convention Bounces > > >Here are the dates for the challengers convention from 1968 to 2012 (just >because I went to the bother of looking them up, I might as well submit them >here for inclusion in the record): > >1968: August 5-8 >1972: July 10-13 >1976: July 12-15 >1980: July 14-17 >1984: July 16-19 >1988: July 18-21 >1992: July 13-16 >1996: August 12-15 >2000: July 31-August 3 >2004: July 26-29 >2008: August 25-28 >2012: August 27-30 (Note: The Republican Convention was officially gaveled >into session on Monday 8-27, then immediately ended the first session due to >Hurricane Issac). > -- >TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected] >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
