Jesse Owens Takes 1st Place For Long Jump
Nazi Germany hosted the Olympic Games in 1936. The Amateur Athletic Union was hesitant to permit the United States to attend that year’s Olympic Games due to how controversial Germany had become in world politics. Jesse Owens was also implored by the Civil Rights movement not to participate, but his athletic dedications trumped his social ones. The top athlete then had to endure all manner of racist ridicule at the hands of Germans, including Hitler. But they would have little to say when Owens won four gold medals, which no other track and field athlete in America has ever managed to do since.
Jesse Owens Takes 1st Place For Long Jump
Charlie Chaplin And Winston Churchill Were Chums
Another unlikely friend of Charlie Chaplin was Winston Churchill, who greatly admired the comedic actor and performer. Despite their political differences, the two fellows were greatly fond of one another. Incredibly, Churchill would ask Chaplin to visit him in England on two separate events. They would make a lot of time for each other when Churchill arrived in America in 1929. William Randolph Hearst hosted the pair at an event held within the Biltmore Hotel. Following the premiere of Chaplin’s film, City Lights, Chaplin would revisit Great Britain, making a dinner party with Churchill a priority. They passed the time discussing politics and amusing Churchill’s children.
Charlie Chaplin And Winston Churchill Were Chums
