What happened with running shoes in 1936?
On August 1, the 1936 Summer Olympics open in Berlin, Germany. Adolf Hitler tried to use the 1936 Games to promote his government and their ideals of racial supremacy and antisemitism.
The American Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the sprint and long jump events, much to Hitler’s displeasure.
The 1500m was won by Jack Lovelock of New Zealand in the world record time of 3:47.8.
Sohn Kee-chung from Korea won the marathon in 2:29:19.2 which was an Olympic record.
What else happened in 1936?
On September 7, the last known Tasmanian tiger dies in Hobart Zoo in Tasmania, Australia.
On September 13, Chicago Public Schools launches a distance education program in response to a polio outbreak.
On November 3 Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected to a second term as USA president.
Streptococcous meningitis which was previously close to 100% was successfully treated for the first time with a sulfonamide.
The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Sir Henry Hallett Dale and Otto Loewi for their work on the role of acetylcholine as an endogenous neurotransmitter.
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