2012 Event Between 60 to 70 artifacts of the ancient Olympic games are stolen by thieves who broke into the Archaeological Museum of Olympia in Greece 1997 Event U.S. Senior Golf Open ends at Olympia Fields Golf Club Illinois 1982 Event Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic 1981 Event Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic 1962 Birthday Lenda Murray, born in Detroit, Michigan, body builder, 4X Ms Olympia 1961 Event 43rd PGA Championship: Jerry Barber shoots a 277 at Olympia Fields IL 1960 Birthday Cory Everson, Racine Wisconsin, body builder, 6X Ms Olympia 1947 Birthday Olympia J. Snowe, born in Augusta, Maine, Representative-R-Maine 1979 - 1995, Senator-R-Maine 1995 - 1947 Birthday Olympia Snowe, American Politician 1941 Birthday Don Rich, Olympia Wash, guitarist/country singer, Hee Haw 1939 Birthday Barbara Ellis, Olympia, Washington, rocker, Fleetwoods 1931 Birthday Olympia Dukakis, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, actress, Moonstruck, Cemetery Club 1928 Event 32nd U.S. Golf Open: Johnny Farrell shoots a 294 at Olympia Fields Ill 1926 Death Olympia Brown, American Activist 1925 Event 8th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Olympia Fields CC Matteson Ill 1922 Event KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions 1896 Death Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian (Olympia), dies at 81 1893 Death Edouard Manet, French painter (Olympia), dies at 61 1853 Event Olympia forms as capital of Washington Territory 1853 Birthday Olympia Brown, American Activist 1852 Event Olympia Columbian is 1st newspaper published north of Columbia R
