Jesse Owens Won His First Olympic Gold Medal - Aug. 3, 1936

Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympic Games on this day in 1936. There's a longer look at the Nazi Games in the August 1, 2012, episode of Stuff You Missed in History Class, "The Nazi Games and Jesse Owens."

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