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1984 Carl Lewis wins 3rd (200m) of 4 gold medals in Summer

1984 Carl Lewis wins 2nd (long jump) of 4 gold medals in Summer Olympics

1983 IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball

1982 IOC restores 2 gold medals from 1912 Olympics to Jim Thorpe

1973 Paavo "Flying Finn" Nurmi, who won 6 Olympic gold medals, dies at 76

1972 U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals

1925 French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings

1924 Margaret Beda Nicholson, author, No Medals for the Major

1913 Jesse Owens, track star, Olympics - 4 gold medals

1913 Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro

1909 Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals

1886 Paul Radmilovic, born in England, swimmer, 3 1908 Olympic gold medals



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