Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Jesse Owens across 4 places, from 1913 to 1980.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who made history at the 1936 Olympic Games by winning four gold medals, setting Olympic records in each event.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Jesse Owens is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Jesse Owens was documented, and when
12 September 1913exact date
Oakville, Alabamaattested“C., was the youngest of ten children (three girls and seven boys) born to Henry Cleveland Owens (1881–1942), a sharecropper, and Mary Emma Fitzgerald (1876–1940) in Oakville, Alabama, on September 12, 1913.”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
1933year
Ohioattested“Owens entered Ohio State University in 1933 after his father found employment, which ensured that the family could be supported.”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
1933year
Ohio State Universityattested“Owens entered Ohio State University in 1933 after his father found employment, which ensured that the family could be supported.”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
31 March 1980exact date
Tucson, Arizonaattested“He died of the disease at age 66 in Tucson, Arizona, on March 31, 1980, with his wife and other family members at his bedside.”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
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1915year
Clevelandmentioned“Owens and Minnie Ruth Solomon (1915–2001) met at Fairmont Junior High School in Cleveland when he was 15 and she was 13.”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
1933year
Clevelandmentioned“Owens first came to national attention when he was a student of East Technical High School in Cleveland; he equaled the world record of 9.4 seconds in the dash, broke the national high school record with 20.7 seconds in the 220 yards (20…”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
1933year
Chicagomentioned“Owens first came to national attention when he was a student of East Technical High School in Cleveland; he equaled the world record of 9.4 seconds in the dash, broke the national high school record with 20.7 seconds in the 220 yards (20…”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
25 May 1935exact date
Big Tenmentioned“Day of days May 25, 1935, is remembered as the day when Jesse Owens won four events and established six world records in athletics at the Big Ten Championships.”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
1936year
Ohiomentioned“Owens struggled as a student at Ohio State, and was placed on academic probation in 1936 and 1940.”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
1936year
Ohio State Universitymentioned“Owens struggled as a student at Ohio State, and was placed on academic probation in 1936 and 1940.”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
1936year
Nazi Germanymentioned“He was trying to dissuade Owens from taking part in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany, arguing that an African American should not promote a racist regime after what his race had suffered at the hands of racists in his own country.”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
1936year
Germanymentioned“Owens was convinced by the NAACP to declare: "If there are minorities in Germany who are being discriminated against, the United States should withdraw from the 1936 Olympics." Yet he and others eventually took part after Avery Brundage,…”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
1936year
Berlinmentioned“In 1936, Owens and his United States teammates sailed on the SS Manhattan and arrived in Germany to compete at the Summer Olympics in Berlin.”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
15 October 1936exact date
Kansas Citymentioned“Later, on October 15, 1936, Owens repeated this claim when he addressed an audience of African Americans at a Republican rally in Kansas City, remarking: "Hitler didn't snub me—it was our president who snubbed me.”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
1942year
University of Michiganmentioned“In 1942, Willis Ward—a friend and former competitor from the University of Michigan—who was then working at Ford Motor Company as Assistant Personnel Director, invited Owens to Detroit.”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
1942year
Detroitmentioned“In 1942, Willis Ward—a friend and former competitor from the University of Michigan—who was then working at Ford Motor Company as Assistant Personnel Director, invited Owens to Detroit.”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
1946year
Oregonmentioned“In 1946, Owens collaborated with Abe Saperstein to establish the West Coast Negro Baseball League, where he served as Vice-President and owned the Portland (Oregon) Rosebuds franchise in Oregon.”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
1955year
Indiamentioned“Eisenhower enlisted Owens as a goodwill ambassador in 1955 and sent the world-renowned track star to India, the Philippines, and Malaya to promote physical exercise as well as tout the cause of American freedom and economic opportunity i…”source: Wikipedia: Jesse Owens
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explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
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