This tiny country has more or less dominated the Winter Olympics since the first winter games in Chamonix, France in 1924. How do they do It? "It's a good question," said Birk Ruud, a member of ...

Explore items in the Smithsonian's collections related to 1924. In January, the first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix ... On June 2, Congress enacted the Indian Citizenship Act ...

For a country where snowfall often brings things to a standstill, Great Britain hasn’t done too badly at the Winter Olympics and Paralympics. Since the first Winter Olympic Games in 1924 in ...