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... enormous cheer as Roger Bannister became the first person to run the mile in less than four minutes Athletes had been coming very close for 15 years but each one failed The public address system announced: “The winner Roger Bannister The time three minutes ...
... superiority complex takes a huge knocking Hungary become first team win at Wembley the Mighty Magyars winning 6-3 1954 ROGER Bannister creates athletics history when he runs the first four-minute mile and Lester Piggott writes his own place in the record ...
... flames at lakeside aerodrome in New Jersey America and pilot 21 crew and 13 passengers were killed 1954: Medical student Roger Bannister ran the first under four-minute mile at Oxford fighting against a 20 mile an hour cross-wind FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS: Stewart ...
... Dyncvo-nans and Ron Cray kept Wales boys says Mr Lovering Several of lads played football for Swansea 1950 March Roger Bannister the mile in a record four minutes 148 seconds goes on to become the first to break the four-minute barrier ' New figures ...
... ever The list of great British contenders so long it would ftH a full page Let us begin with Colin Jackson Roger Bannister Daley Thompson Roger Black Linford Christie Steve Ovett Sebastian Coe and Steve Cram along with many world champion rowers And then ...
... lifetime Among the Seven Woi ders of the World were the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt i The athlete behind sub-four-minute miler Roger Bannister in May 1954 was Chris Chattaway The gestation period of a cow is just over nine months Tatum O'Neal won an Oscar at the ...
... died E P Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing of the Everest Expedition reached summit (29002ft) Coronation of Elizabeth II 1954 Roger Bannister ran the mile in under 4 minutes Food rationing ended 1955 Sir Winston Churchill resigned as PM Sir Anthony Eden succeeded ...
... US President Richard Nixon died aged 81 CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS: Marti Pellow Wet Wet Wet singer 30 Princess Eugenie six Roger Bannister the first man to the four-minute mile 67 Chaka Khan singer 43 Alan Bleasdale playwright 50 Barry Cryer comedian and writer ...
... southern Solomon Islands assaulted by US Marines one of the most costly Pacific campaigns of the Second World War 1854: Roger Bannister became the first person to run four-minute mile 1857: Oliver Hardy fat comedian who with partner Stan Laurel formed one ...
... actress born in Stockholm News was broadcast simultaneously all BBC stations for the first time 1954 English athlete Roger Bannister won a gold medal in the European Games in Switzerland: Famous Birthdays: Sir Richard Attenborough actor 66 Elliott Gould ...
... voice only singer able to produce enough volume disguise the crackling of machine 1925: Madam Tussauds burned down 1950: Roger Bannister ran mile record 4 minutes 1 48 seconds The last debutantes presented to the at Buckingham 1965: King Farouk of Egypt died ...
... 720pm on its approach to its landing area in Lakehurst New Jersey killing 36 of the 97 passengers LOTS TO Tony Bl 1954: Roger Bannister a 25-year-old medical student broke the four-minute mile Princess Margaret married Anthony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon) ...