Israel 's stated goals in Operation `` Summer Rains '' were to suppress Control the firing of Qassam rockets from Gaza into the western Negev , and to secure the release of Corporal Gilad Shalit , who had been captured Conquering by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on June 25 .

Operation `` Summer Rains '' was followed by Operation `` Autumn Clouds '' , launched Process_start on November 1 .

By winning Getting the European title , Denmark directly qualified Becoming_a_member for the 2012 Summer Olympics , while Serbia and Macedonia secured Getting a spot in the Olympic Qualification Tournament .

The international community imposed Action numerous sanctions and embargoes against the Soviet Union , and the U.S. led a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow .

At the 1900 Summer Olympics , seven of the archery events that took place Process_start in Paris , France , are considered to be `` Olympic '' by Olympic historians , with 153 archers competing Competition in them .

The closing ceremony Social_event of the London 2012 Summer Olympics , also known as Know A Symphony Social_event of British Music , was held Hold on 12 August 2012 in the Olympic Stadium , London .

The 2012 Summer Olympics Competition were officially closed Process_end by Jacques Rogge , who called Labeling London 's games Competition `` happy and glorious . ''

The ceremony Social_event included Cause_to_be_included a handover Giving to the next host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics Competition , Rio de Janeiro and saw the Olympic flame extinguished Removing and the Olympic flag lowered Motion_directional .

The improved Croatian dispositions around Livanjsko field provided Supply a springboard for further offensive action on this front during Operation Summer '95 .

Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics Competition took place Process_start in the Peristeri Olympic Competition Boxing Hall .

The Insomnia Summer Show was an event held Hold by Insomnia Club and Attila Gergely on Saturday , July 18 , 2009 at the Olimpia Stadium in Satu Mare , Romania .

The 2016 Summer Paralympics ( ) , the 15th Summer Paralympic Games Competition , were a major international multi-sport event Competition for athletes with disabilities governed Action by the International Paralympic Committee , held Hold in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , from 7 September to 18 September 2016 .

The 2016 Summer Paralympics ( ) , the 15th Summer Paralympic Games Competition , were a major international multi-sport event Competition for athletes with disabilities governed Action by the International Paralympic Committee , held Hold in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , from 7 September to 18 September 2016 .

The Games Competition marked Recording the first time a Latin American and South American city hosted Social_event the event Competition , the second Southern Hemisphere city and nation , the first one being the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney , and also the first time a Lusophone ( Portuguese-speaking ) country hosted Social_event the event Competition .

For the fourth consecutive Summer Paralympics , China topped Placing the medal table , winning Getting 107 gold medals , while Georgia , Kazakhstan , Malaysia , Uzbekistan , and Vietnam won their first ever Paralympic gold medals .

The association football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held from 25 July to 11 August , and was the only sport Competition to begin before the official opening Openness day of the Olympic Games , two days before the opening Openness ceremony .

It is considered the worst of the nearly 25 riots Violence in the United States during the `` Red Summer '' of 1919 , so named Name_conferral because of the racial and labor related violence Violence and fatalities Death across the nation .

Begun Process_start in 1897 , the event was inspired Convincing by the success of the first marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics .

The opening ceremony Social_event of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games Competition took place Process_start on the evening of Friday 27 July 2012 in the Olympic Stadium , London .

Prior to London 2012 there had been considerable apprehension about Britain 's ability to stage an opening ceremony Social_event that could reach Achieve the standard set Placing at the Beijing Summer Games Competition of 2008 .

The operation built Building on HV and HVO advances made Causation during Operation Summer '95 , when strategic positions allowing the rapid capture of the RSK capital Knin were gained Getting , and on the continued arming and training of the HV since the beginning of the Croatian War of Independence , when the RSK was created Creating during the Serb Log revolution and Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) intervention .

The swimming competitions Competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place Process_start from 28 July to 4 August at the Aquatics Centre .

This was the only Olympiad Competition where croquet was part of the official programme , though there was the variant called Request roque at the 1904 Summer Olympics Competition .

They were the second Paralympics to be held Hold in South Korea , following the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul .

With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics , sailing has always been included Cause_to_be_included on the Olympic schedule .

The Ottomans had tried to move the Armenians during the Armenian Genocide and occupied Hold the South Caucasus during Summer 1918 .

Operation Summer '95 ( , Операција Љето '95 ) was a joint military Military_operation offensive of the Croatian Army ( HV ) and the Croatian Defence Defending Council ( HVO ) that took place Process_start north-west of the Livanjsko Polje , and around Bosansko Grahovo and Glamoč in western Bosnia and Herzegovina .

Operation Summer '95 was launched Process_start in response Response to the resumption of attacks Attack by the VRS and the RSK military on the Bihać pocketone of six United Nations Safe Areas established Building in Bosnia and Herzegovina .

Edson Peña , a survivor from 2010 Copiapó mining accident joined Becoming_a_member to Newton-John in the Chilean concert to perform `` Summer Nights '' .

Hard for the Money was a 1983 tour Traveling of the United States and Canada by singer Donna Summer .

The tour Traveling focused Aiming on her 1983 release , She Works Hard for the Money , and the Donna Summer album from 1982 .

The tour Traveling was released Presence on home video with the title , ' A Hot Summer Night ... with Donna . ' .

Musical Youth duet with Donna on `` Unconditional Love '' , and Summer 's daughter Mimi was featured Presence on `` State of Independence ''

The Girls of Summer Tour was a North American concert tour headlined by Aerosmith that ran from August to December 2002 .

Included on the album was a new track `` Girls of Summer '' which the band named Name_conferral the tour after to promote Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the song and their pop image .

Led Zeppelin 's Summer 1969 North American Tour was the third concert tour of North America by the English rock band .

The band also appeared Presence at the Atlanta International Pop Festival on 5 July , the Newport Jazz Festival on 6 July , the Laurel Pop Festival on 11 July , the Summer Pop Festival on 12 July , the Midwest Rock Festival on 25 July , the Seattle Pop Festival on 27 July , the Singer Bowl Music Festival on 30 August and the Texas International Pop Festival on 31 August .

Around 5,000 people turned out Participation for the first Redneck Summer Games – over twice the population of East Dublin .

On 18 March , Viviane Forest became Becoming the first Canadian athlete to win Getting a gold in both the Winter and Summer Paralympics Competition , by winning Getting the Women 's Downhill for Visually Impaired Influence .

She had previously won gold in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics Competition for women 's goalball .

Additionally , they performed Hold live at venues which included supporting Supporting 5 Seconds of Summer on the USA leg of their Rock Out with Your Socks Out Tour .

The Caramoor Summer Music Festival is a music festival Social_event founded Creating in 1945 that is held Hold on the estate of the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts , which includes Cause_to_be_included a Mediterranean-style stucco villa and is located about north of New York City in Katonah , New York .

The Caramoor Summer Music Festival also features a wide variety of music beyond Bel Canto Opera .

The End of Summer Concert Series features 19 nights of first-run musical entertainment and freestyle motocross .

A cricket tournament , played Competition as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics , took place Hold on 19–20 August at the Vélodrome de Vincennes .

364 events were contested Competition in 36 sports , which included Cause_to_be_included the 28 sports contested Competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics ; certain sports also served as qualification paths for these Olympics .

The top three teams of the tournament Competition qualified Becoming_a_member for the 2016 Summer Olympics men 's football tournament Competition in Brazil as the AFC representatives .

The tour changed Change its name to the Eagles 2010 Summer Tour .

The December 2010 Eagles tour of Australia was packaged as Eagles Summer 2010 .

The tour Traveling began Process_start in 1998 and would take the year off in 2000 , due Causation to heavy competition Competition from other tours , such as the Anger Management Tour Traveling and the Summer Sanitarium Tour Traveling .