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August 25, 1995
Query regarding a detail from the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo
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From: SPENDELOW@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
This is in response to the recent post/introduction by Peter
Aradi, but I throw it out in case anyone else has some input:
I see you've done work on the staging of the Tokyo Olympics,
and wonder if you can confirm a hazy impression that lingers @ the
back of my brain. I remember hearing somewhere that the lad who
carried the torch into the stadium was then a 19-year-old whose
birthday happens to be 6 August -- &, you can fill in the
birthplace... If true, then this is none-too-subtle symbolism, & I
wonder how much this was played up at the time. Or, is this just
another one of those "urban legends"??
-- H. R. Spendelow
Department of History
Georgetown University
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