That's really interesting! As far as I can tell, 1956's Melbourne Summe
r Games were held during the local summer (or maybe late spring -- late
November and early December). And 2000's Sydney games were held in late
September -- local spring.
So I think 2016 will be the first winter Summer Games.
-Evan
On Thu, 2016-07-28 at 16:53 +0200, Alvaro Anguix wrote:
> An Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the
> third city in the Southern Hemisphere to host the Games (after
> Melbourne and Sydney).
> :-)
>
> Alvaro
>
> On 28/07/16 16:46, Evan Prodromou wrote:
> > After I posted this I remembered that there's a lot more land north
> > of the equator -- about 65-70% of the land mass.
> >
> > And a lot more people -- about 90% of the world population!
> >
> > The Wikipedia article on cultural definitions of "summer" is
> > interesting, too, since they vary by a few weeks in different
> > countries. But I couldn't find one where mid-July wasn't squarely
> > in the "summer" category.
> >
> > So, yeah: it's mostly summer on planet Earth.
> >
> > -Evan
> >
> > On Thu, 2016-07-28 at 16:40 +0200, Alvaro Anguix wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes, I agree...but for the main gvSIG Team (in Spain) is summer.
> > > :-)
> > >
> > > Alvaro Anguix
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> > > www.gvsig.com
> > >
> > > On 28/07/16 16:36, Evan Prodromou wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2016-07-20 at 13:45 +0200, gvSIG News Office wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Summer has arrived in a lot of places around the world.
> > > > Depending on how you define it, about 50% of the places around
> > > > the world.
> > > >
> > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer#Timing
> > > >
> > > > -Evan
> > > >
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