Today in History, July 19
- The Moscow Times
- Jul. 19 2013 08:13
- Last edited 08:13

The Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, 1980.
The Summer Olympic Games were officially opened in Moscow 33 years ago today, on July 19, 1980. The games were controversially boycotted by a number of teams, including the U.S. and West Germany, in response to the Soviet Union's occupation of Afghanistan.