TIL Despite the fact that Jesse Owens won four gold medals during the 1936 Berlin Olympics, US President Franklin Roosevelt never congratulated or invited him to the White House. 'Hitler didn't snub me - it was FDR who snubbed me,' Owens said

http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-jesse-owens



Submitted January 25, 2015 at 05:55AM by DJDB http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2tke43/til_despite_the_fact_that_jesse_owens_won_four/