Events
Jesse Owens was born on
September 12th in Oakville, ALJesse Owens set his first track records in the high jump and long jump at Fairmount Junior HIghJesse Owens marries Minnie Ruth SolomonJesse Owens breaks the long Jump record at the state finals in High school. He also sets the new world record in the 220-yard dash and ties the 100 yard dash.Jesse Owens enrolls at Ohio State UniversityJesse Owens sets world records in the 22-yard dash, 220 low hurdels and the long jump in less than an hour at the Big Ten Finals on May 25th.Jesse Owens wins 4 gold medals in the Olympic games. He is the first athlete to do this. He sets new world records in the 200 meters, long jump, 400 meter relay and tied the 100 meter.sJesse's gold medals at this Olympic games was special because it was during WWI and a time of racial divide.Jesse Owens creates a public relations agency with his wife in Chicago.Jesse Owens travels to India, the Philippines and Malaysia to promote economic and political freedoms.Jesse Owens publishes his memoir "Blackthink: My Life as a Black Man and White Man".Owens is given the Presidential Medal of Honor by President Gerald FordOwens dies of Lung cancer at age 66 on March 31
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