BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)

40th year  -  N° 138                 Sunday, 18 May 2025         Antwerpen		
Out in the Real World
Black Olympic legend
Jesse James Cleveland Owens


  • 12 September 1913 (+) is born in Aurora, United States.

  • 3 August 1936 (x) wins the Olympics 100m sprint with a time of 10.3s, defeating teammate college friend Ralph Metcalfe by a tenth of a second and Tinus Osendarp of the Netherlands by two tenths of a second in Berlin, Germany.

  • 31 March 1980 (-) dies of lung cancer in Tucson, United States.


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