🇺🇸On July 19, 1996 the Summer Olympics opened at Centennial Olympic Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The opening ceremony concluded with an iconic moment as boxing legend and gold medalist Muhammad Ali, who was suffering from Parkinson's disease, lit the Olympic cauldron. The ceremony attendance was 85,600 and was watched by an estimated 3.5 billion viewers worldwide. It had been a well-kept secret that Ali would be the one to light the cauldron.🇺🇸 | Davenport Sports Network