July 29. First Olympic Games played since Germany in 1948.

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July 29, 1948.  First Olympic Games played since Germany in 1936.

In the 1936 Olympics Jesse Owen humiliated Adolf Hitler, who brought a temporary halt to the Games.

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July 29. Chief Meyers is born in 1880.