Today in History 08/04 (Jesse Owens 1936 Summer Olympics)

Number of athletes: 3,963
Start date: Aug 01, 1936
End date: Aug 16, 1936
Number of countries: 49

Jesse Owens won four gold medals in Berlin. (Jesse Owens at start of record breaking 200 meter race during the Olympic games 1936 in Berlin)
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(1936) Triumph for Owens at Hitler’s Olympics.
Also on this day,
1821 | An icon of Americana publishes its first Post
Also on this day,
1821 | An icon of Americana publishes its first Post
A new weekly paper is published using Benjamin Franklin’s printing presses, and its four pages of news and a few ads will grow to become The Saturday Evening Post, a defining magazine of American life featuring great writers and iconic illustrators, most memorably Norman Rockwell.1914 | World powers take sides as the guns of August loom
A global conflagration flares higher as the United Kingdom joins France, Russia, Belgium, and other European powers in either mobilizing armies or declaring war on an aggressive Germany, whose support of Austria-Hungary advances what will be a war of immense destruction.1958 | Hot tunes get their definitive US ranking on Billboard Hot 100
Ricky Nelson’s ‘Poor Little Fool’ takes the top spot on a new Billboard Magazine countdown of America’s most popular songs. The Billboard Hot 100 rankings are based on a combination of in-store singles record sales, radio DJ airplay, and jukebox purchases.
Today in History 08/04/17

Start date: Jul 28, 1914
End date: Nov 11, 1918
wiki/World_War_I