August 1936


Saturday 01:

The Berlin Olympic Games open.



Sunday 09:

1936 Summer Olympics: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympics.



Friday 14:

Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States



Monday 24:

The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.



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