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James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens
History of USA
1913
Birth
31st Mar Oakville
Birth
of
James
Cleveland
"Jesse"
Owens
1935
World Record
25th May Michigan
Breaks 3 world records & ties another at the Big Ten Track and
Field
Championships in Michigan-in just 45 minute
1936
Olympic Gold Medal
Aug Berlin
Wins 4
Olympic
gold medals, challenges the myth of
Hitler's
Aryan superiority
3rd Aug Berlin
Winner of the 100m
Olympic
Gold
Medal
4th Aug Berlin
Winner of the long jump
Olympic
Gold
Medal
5th Aug Berlin
Winner of the 200m
Olympic
Gold
Medal
9th Aug Berlin
Winner of the the 4 x 100m relay team
Olympic
Gold
Medal
1976
Honours
Awarded the
Presidential
Medal
of Freedom by Gerald Ford
1976
President
Awarded the
Presidential
Medal
of Freedom by Gerald Ford
1980
Death
31st Mar Tucson
Death
of
James
Cleveland
"Jesse"
Owens
1990
Congressional Gold Medal
28th Mar
Awarded the
Congress
ional Gold
Medal
by
George
HW Bush
1990
Honours
28th Mar
Awarded the
Congress
ional Gold
Medal
by
George
HW Bush
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