In 1936, Edward VIII became King of England; Reza Shah banned veils (including the hijab) in Iran; The Winter Olympics were held in Garmisch-Partkenkirchen; The Hoover Dam was completed; The helicopter debuted; The Spanish Civil War began; Alan Turing published “On Computable Numbers”; Jesse Owens dominated the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin; Stalin began the… Continue reading Jesse Owens dominated Hitler’s Games: A look back at 1936