1989 Event 93rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06 1973 Death Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian marathoner (Olympic-gold 1960, 64), dies at 46 1969 Event Abebe Bikila's auto-accident, near Addis Ababa 1964 Event Abebe Bikila runs world/olympic record marathon (2:12:11.2) 1960 Event Abebe Bikila runs Olympic/World record marathon (2:15:16.2) 1928 Birthday Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian marathon runner, Gold Medal 1960, 1964 Olympics
