page_title: August 1960
section_title: August 25, 1960 (Thursday)
hierarchical_section_title: August 1960 / August 25, 1960 (Thursday)
caption_attribution_description: Giancarlo Peris lighting the 1960 Olympic flame
context_page_description: The following events occurred in August 1960:
context_section_description: The 1960 Summer Olympics opened in Rome, with a record 5,348 athletes from 83 nations competing.  Cross-country champion Giancarlo Peris lit the Olympic flame after Italy's President Giovanni Gronchi declared the Games of the 17th Olympiad open.  Competition continued until September 11.
  The submarine USS Seadragon surfaced at the North Pole, where the crew played softball in the northernmost athletic competition ever staged.
caption: Peris lights the Olympic flame
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