Tuesday, August 05, 2008

 

This Day in the History of Actions Speaking Louder than Words


On this day in 1936, American sprinter Jesse Owens won his third of four gold medal by running a 200-meter race in 20.7 seconds at the Olympic Games held in Berlin, Germany. Racist, anti-Semite Adolf Hitler was not at all pleased.

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