Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Owens, Jesse

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

With a ‘Lucky Strike’ cigarette I burned the so-called ‘vital line’ in my hand several times. Afterwards I was not satisfied with the result and I cut across it with a razorblade.
(20 August 1980)

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		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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