On this day in history, July 20, 1968, the first Special Olympics International Games were held in Chicago, organized by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of President John F. Kennedy.
Developed by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the Special Olympics International Games changed the way people acted and reacted toward the intellectually disabled.
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