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September 12th is significant for the speech by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, known as the “We choose to go to the Moon” speech, delivered at Rice University.
Kennedy’s speech outlined the ambitious goal of landing an American astronaut on the Moon by the end of the decade, inspiring a generation and accelerating the space race.
Additionally, September 12th marks the birth of Jesse Owens in 1913, the American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Owens’s remarkable achievements in the face of racial discrimination and adversity have made him a symbol of athletic excellence and human dignity.
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