September 12

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. He was born on September 12, 1913.Owens specialised in sprints and long jumps and was dubbed "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history" during his lifetime. At the 1935 Big Ten track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he set three world records and tied another in less than an hour—a feat that has never been matched and has been dubbed "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport."
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