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Jesse Owens 1902 - 1972

Jesse Owens was born on July 6, 1902, and died at age 70 years old in July 1972. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jesse Owens.
Jesse Owens
zip code 23205
July 6, 1902
July 1972
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Jesse Owens' History: 1902 - 1972

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    1902

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    July 6, 1902
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  • 07/dd
    1972

    Death

    July 1972
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    Jesse Owens lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.
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In 1902, in the year that Jesse Owens was born, the Aswan Low Dam (the old Aswan Dam) began construction in Egypt in 1899 and was completed in 1902 - making it the largest masonry dam in the world at the time. The dam was built on the Nile River in order to conserve water and regulate flooding, allowing for population increase along the Nile.
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In 1925, this person was 23 years old when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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