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This Day in History –August 9th,1936
Jesse Owens

August 9, 1936 – Berlin's Olympic Stadium hosts one of the most [-----1-----] in Olympic history. No expense was spared by Adolf Hitler to promote the games in Nazi terms of Aryan [-----2-----]. But Ohio State's Jesse Owens [-----3-----] the Fuhrer's dogma. Hitler had referred to Blacks as an [-----4-----]. Owens looked far from inferior when he won the 100 and 200 meters, the long jump and a relay. In addition to his [-----5-----] four gold medals, the modest Owens equaled or broke 12 Olympic records. He and several other Black teammates forced a humiliated Hitler to excuse himself from the stadium to avoid having to congratulate them.
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