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2013 Event - Two hours before the Boston Marathon bombings occur, Ethiopian long-distance runner Lelisa Desisa wins the Boston Marathon, with a time of 2:10:22 2012 Event - Jamaican runner Usain Bolt wins his third gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, anchors the sprint relay team to a world record; Bolt is 25 years old and now holds six Olympic gold medals 2011 Event - Kenyan runner, Patrick Makau Musyoki, breaks the world record for the marathon at the Berlin Marathon 2004 Death - Brian Maxwell, entreprenuer/runner, developed the Powerbar with his nutritionist wife in 1986, dies at 51 2002 Death - Chuck Jones, animator, Wyle E. Coyote and the Road Runner, dies at 90 1999 Death - Brion James, actor, Blade Runner, dies at 54 1998 Death - Florence Griffith Joyner, Olympic runner, dies at 38 1994 Death - Robert Lansing, actor (Blade Runner, Equalizer), dies of cancer at 66 1994 Death - Nadia Gray, actress (Naked Runner, Maniac, Candide), dies at 71 1991 Death - Abel Kivlat, U.S. 1500m runner. Silver Medal 1912 Olympics, dies at 99 1990 Death - Avis Bunnage, actor (Loneliness of Long Distance Runner), dies at 67 1989 Event - 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires 1989 Event - South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries 1982 Death - Ville Ritola, Finnish 5/10km runner, Gold Medals 1924, 1928 Olympics, dies 1978 Birthday - Lauren Hewitt, Australian 100m/200m runner 1996 Olympics 1976 Birthday - Daniel Komen, Nyaru Kenya, 5k runner 1975 Death - Vladimir Kutz, Russian distance runner. Gold Medal 1956 Olympics, dies at 48 1975 Birthday - Mathew James Coad, born in Wellington, New Zealand, 100m/200m runner 1996 Olympics 1975 Birthday - Christopher Lindsey Donaldson, Dunedin New Zealand, 100m/200m runner 1996 Olympics 1975 Event - A's release pinch runner Herb Washington (played 104 games without batting, pitching, or fielding He stole 30 bases, and scored 33 runs) 1975 Birthday - Ismael Kirui, Marakwet Kenya, 5k runner 1975 Birthday - Natalie Harvey, Australian 3k/5k runner 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday - Maurice Greene, born in Kansas City, Kansas, 100m runner 1974 Birthday - Kevin Sullivan, born in Brantford, Ontario, 1.5k runner 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday - Rohsaan Griffin, Texas City Texas, 200m runner 1974 Birthday - Calvin Harrison, Orlando Florida, 200m/400m runner 1973 Birthday - Nicole Teter, born in San Diego, California, 800m runner 1973 Birthday - Kate Anderson, Australian 1.5k/3k/5k runner 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday - Kathy Butler, Edinburgh Scotld, Canad 3k/5k runner, Olympic-8-92, 96 1973 Birthday - Haile Gebresleassie, born in Ethiopia, 10k runner, 1996 Olympics gold 1973 Birthday - Dave Dopek, Bolingbrook Illinois, 200m runner 1973 Birthday - Deon Minor, Paris Texas, 400m runner 1973 Birthday - Sarah Schwald, Bellingham Wash, 1.5k runner 1972 Birthday - Maria Mutola, Maputo Mozambique, 800m runner 1996 Olympics bronze 1972 Birthday - Derek Mills, Washington D.C., 400m runner 1972 Birthday - Brandon Rock, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, 800m runner 1972 Birthday - Robert Esmie, born in Jamaica, Canadian 4X100m runner, 1996 Olympics gold 1972 Birthday - Amy Wickus, born in Baraboo, Wisconsin, 800m/1500m runner 1972 Birthday - Martin Keino, born in Nyeri, Kenya, 1.5k runner 1972 Birthday - Inger Miller, born in Los Angeles, California, 100m runner 1972 Birthday - Michael Cox, Hannibal, Missouri, 1.5k runner 1972 Birthday - Graham Hood, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1.5k runner, Olympics 1992, 1996 1972 Birthday - Mark Labbrook, Australian 200m/400m runner 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday - Carla Sacramento, Lisbon, 1.5k runner 1971 Birthday - Kylie Hanigan, Australian 200m/400m runner 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday - Anthony Whiteman, England, 800m/1500m runner 1971 Birthday - Nicole Green, Springfield Ohio, 400m runner 1971 Birthday - Elva Dryer, Durango Colorado, 1.5K/5K runner 1971 Birthday - Holli Rene Hyche, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, runner 1971 Birthday - Moses Kiptanui, Kenyan 3K runner, world record 1971 Birthday - Otis Scott, born in Gainesville, Florida, 400m/800m runner 1971 Birthday - Tony Miller, Mount Pleasant Texas, 400m runner 1971 Birthday - Lee Naylor, Australian 400m runner 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday - Marlin Cannon, Dallas Texas, 200m/400m runner 1970 Birthday - Randall Evans, Franklin Virginia, 100m/200m runner 1970 Birthday - Bob Kennedy, Bloomington Indiana, 5k runner 1970 Birthday - Lucy Nusrala, born in St. Louis, Missouri, 5k runner 1970 Birthday - Paulo Barrancos Guerra, Portugal, 10k runner 1970 Birthday - Julian Paynter, Australian 5k runner 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday - Quincy Dushawn Watts, born in Detroit, Michigan, 400m runner 1970 Birthday - Shannon Lemora, born in Baton Rouge Louisiana, 1.5k runner 1970 Birthday - Jason Rouser, Tucson Arizona, 200m/400m runner 1970 Birthday - Sarah Thorsett, Winona, Minnesota, 1.5k runner 1970 Birthday - Donovan Bergstrom, U.S. 3K steeplechase runner 1970 Birthday - Noureddine Morceli, Algeria, 1500m runner, 1996 Olympics gold 1969 Birthday - Anthuan Maybank, Georgetown, South Carolina, 200m/400m runner 1969 Birthday - Marc Davis, Oceanside California, 3K steeplechase runner, Goodwill-gold-94 1969 Birthday - Todd Black, Kenton Ohio, 800m runner 1969 Birthday - Sonia O'Sullivan, Ireland, 5k runner, Olympics-4th-92, 96 1969 Birthday - Silvia Sommaggio, Italian 5k runner 1969 Birthday - Fernanda Ribeiro, born in Portugal, 10k runner, 1996 Olympics gold 1969 Birthday - David Wittman Buffalo, New York, 1.5k runner 1969 Birthday - Todd Lewis, born in Flint, Michigan, 10k runner 1969 Birthday - Steven Earl Lewis, born in Los Angeles, California, 4X100/400m runner 1988 Olympics gold 1969 Birthday - Amy Legacki, Terrytown, New York, 10k runner 1969 Birthday - James Westphal, born in Oak Park Illinois, 10k runner 1969 Birthday - Andre Romal Cason, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 100m runner 1969 Birthday - Andre Cason, U.S. runner, world record 50 indoor 1968 Birthday - Mark Dailey, Parma Ohio, 1.5k runner 1968 Birthday - Irina Privalova, Russia, 100m/200m/400m runner 1968 Birthday - Irina Privalova, Russian runner, indoor world record 50/60m 1968 Birthday - Meredith Rainey, born in Brooklyn, New York, 800m runner 1968 Birthday - Jonathan A Drummond, Jr., Philadelphia, 4X400m runner, 1996 Olympics silver 1968 Birthday - Paul Ereng, Kenya, 800m runner 1988 Olympics gold 1968 Birthday - Suzy Hamilton, U.S. olympic 1500m runner 1968 Birthday - Celena Mondie-Milner, born in Milledgeville, Georgia, 100m/200m runner 1968 Birthday - Darcy Arreola, born in La Mesa, California, 1.5k runner 1968 Birthday - John Lumkes, born in Chicago, Illinois, 3k steeplechase runner 1968 Birthday - Marie-Jose Perec, Guadeloupe, French 200m/400m runner, 2 Gold Medals 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday - Kathleen Franey, born in Brooklyn, New York, 1.5k runner 1967 Birthday - Donovan Bailey, born in Manchester, Jamaica, Canada 100m runner, 2 Gold Medals 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday - Michael Johnson, born in Dallas, Texas, 200m/400m runner, Olympic-2 gold-96 1967 Birthday - Moulay Brahim Boutaib, born in Morocco, 10k runner 1988 Olympics gold 1967 Birthday - Mike Marsh, U.S., 200m runner, Gold Medal 1992 Olympics 1967 Birthday - Robyn Meagher, born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, 5k runner 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday - Joe Deloach, U.S., 200m runner 1988 Olympics gold 1967 Birthday - Margaret Crowley, Australian 800m/1500m runner 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday - Natasha Elaine Kaiser-Brown, Des Moines Iowa, 400m runner 1967 Birthday - Shaun Creighton, Australian distance runner 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday - Khalid Skah, Midelt Morocco, 5k/10k runner 1967 Birthday - Shannon Butler, South Lake Tahoe California, 10k runner 1966 Birthday - Lisa Lightfoot, Australian middle distance runner 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday - Danny Everett, 4x400m runner 1988 Olympics gold 1966 Birthday - Elana Meyer, van Zyl, South Africa, runner, Olympics-silver-92 1966 Event - "(I'm A) Road Runner" by, Jr. Walker and The All-Stars peaks at #20 1966 Birthday - Zola Budd, born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, track and field long distance runner, trained and raced barefoot, politically controversial figure, two-time Women's 5000 meters world record holder, two-time World Cross Country Championships winner 1965 Birthday - Winthrop Graham, Jamaica, 4x400m runner 1988 Olympics silver 1965 Birthday - Daniel Held, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 10k runner 1965 Birthday - Carolyn Schuwalow, Australian distance runner 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday - Annette Renee Peters, nee Hand, Reno Nevada, 1500/3000 runner 1965 Birthday - Bruno Marie-Rose, French runner, world record 200 m indoor 1965 Birthday - Jon Warren, born in Akron, Ohio, 1.5k runner 1965 Birthday - Andrew O Valmon, born in Brooklyn, New York, 400m runner 1964 Birthday - Leah Pells, Vancouver BC, 1.5k runner 1996 Olympics 1964 Birthday - Sheila Echols, born in Memphis, Tennessee, 4x100m runner 1988 Olympics gold 1964 Birthday - Diane Dixon, born in Brooklyn, New York, 4x400m runner 1988 Olympics silver 1964 Birthday - Harry Lee "Butch" Reynolds, U.S., 400m runner, world record 1964 Birthday - Gina Procaccio, born in Drexel Hills, Pennsylvania, 5k runner 1964 Birthday - Earl Jones, born in Inkster, Michigan, 800m runner 1984 Olympics bronze 1964 Birthday - Alison Wyeth, Isle West Middlesex England, 1.5k/5k runner 1964 Birthday - Kim Gallagher, born in Philadelphia, 800m runner 1984 Olympics silver 1964 Birthday - Butch [Harry Lee] Reynolds, Jr., born in Akron, Ohio, 4X400m runner 1964 Birthday - Nelli [Antoinette HC] Fiere-Cooman, Netherlands, runner, WR 60 m in 7.00 1964 Birthday - Sam Graddy, Gaffney, South Carolina, 4x100m runner 1984 Olympics gold 1963 Birthday - Steve Ave, St. Germain Enlay France, U.S. 1500m runner 1963 Birthday - Douglas Wakiihuri, Kenyan marathon runner 1988 Olympics silver 1963 Birthday - Regina Marie Jacobs, born in Los Angeles, California, 800m/1500m runner, 1996 Olympics 1963 Birthday - Thomas Ansberry, Okinawa Japan, U.S. 10K runner 1963 Birthday - Paula Ivan, Romanian runner, world record mile 1963 Birthday - Kirk Baptiste, born in Beaumont, Texas, 200m runner 1984 Olympics silver 1963 Birthday - Ana Quirot, Cuba, 800m runner, Olympics bronze/silver 1992, 1996 1963 Birthday - Joaquim Carvalho Cruz, Brazil, 800m runner 1984 Olympics gold 1962 Birthday - Timothy Hacker, Milwaukee Wisconsin, 10k runner 1962 Birthday - Charmaine Crooks, Mandeville JAM, Can 800m runner, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1962 Birthday - Joetta Clark, East Orange, New Jersey, 800m runner, Olympic-1992 1962 Birthday - Robert Druppers, runner, world record 1 km indoor 1962 Birthday - Patricia Plumer, born in Covina, California, 1.5k/5k runner 1962 Birthday - Philip Brown, Birmingham Engl, 4x400m runner 1984 Olympics silver 1961 Birthday - Innocent Egbunike, Nigeria, 4x400m runner 1984 Olympics bronze 1961 Birthday - Grace Jackson, born in St. Ann, Jamaica, 200m runner 1988 Olympics silver 1961 Birthday - Ron Brown, born in Los Angeles, California, 4x100m runner 1984 Olympics gold 1961 Birthday - Yobes Ondieki, Kenya, 10K runner, world record 1960 Birthday - Daryl Hannah, actress, Splash, Blade Runner 1960 Birthday - Lance Kerwin, born in Newport Beach, California, James at 15, The Loneliest Runner 1960 Birthday - Said Aquita, Morocco, 5K runner 1984 Olympics gold 1960 Birthday - Said Aquita, runner, Olympic-gold/bronze-1984 1960 Birthday - Alice Regina Brown, born in Jackson, Mississippi, 4X100 runner, Gold Medals 1984, 1988 Olympics 1960 Event - George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch hit home runs with a runner on 1960 Birthday - Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Greenwood Ms, 200m/400m runner, Olympics gold 84 1960 Birthday - Lynn Jennings, Princeton, New Jersey, 5k runner 1960 Birthday - Johnny Lee Gray, Jr., born in Los Angeles, California, 800m runner, Olympics-7th-1996 1960 Birthday - Ray Armsetad, Kirksville, Missouri, 4X400 runner 1984 Olympics gold 1960 Birthday - Linford Christie, born in St. Andrews, Jamaica, 4x100m runner, Gold Medal 1992 Olympics 1960 Birthday - Jeanette Bolden, born in Los Angeles, California, 4x100m runner 1984 Olympics gold 1959 Birthday - Florence Griffith Joyner, born in Los Angeles, California, runner, Olympic-3 gold-1988 1959 Birthday - Carmen Ayala-Troncoso, born in New York City, 5K runner 1959 Birthday - Gelindo Bordin, Italian marathon runner, Gold Medal 1988 Olympics 1959 Birthday - Chandra Cheesborough, born in Jacksonville, Florida, 4X100 runner, Olympics gold 84 1958 Birthday - Kriss Akabusi, Great Britain, 4X400 runner 1984 Olympics silver 1958 Birthday - Dwayne Evans, born in Phoenix, Arizona, 200m runner 1976 Olympics bronze 1958 Birthday - Kim Jones, Sonoma California, 5k runner 1958 Birthday - Christine Lathan-Brehmer, born in East Germany, 400m runner, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 1957 Birthday - James Sanford, U.S. runner, world record 50m indoor 1957 Event - 1st U.S. runner breaks 4 minute mile (Don Bowden) 1957 Birthday - Evelyn Ashford, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, 100m runner, 4 Gold Medals 1976, Silver Medal 1984 Olympics 1957 Birthday - Harvey Glance, 4x100m runner, 1976 Olympics gold 1957 Birthday - Ruth Wysocki, Alhambra California, 800m/1500m runner 1956 Birthday - Sebastian Coe, born in Chiswick, England, politician, Conservative party, former athlete, Olympic gold medalist 1980 and 1984, considered greatest middle distance runner ever 1956 Birthday - Toshihiko Seko, Japanese runner, world record 25/30 km 1956 Birthday - Millard Frank Hampton, born in Fresno, California, 4x100m runner 1976 Olympics gold 1956 Birthday - Rosalyn Bryant, born in Chicago, Illinois, 4x400m runner 1976 Olympics silver 1955 Birthday - Steve Ovett, England, runner, Olympics-800m gold, 1500m bronze-1980 1955 Birthday - Mable Fergerson, born in Los Angeles, California, 4x400m runner 1972 Olympics silver 1954 Birthday - Herman Ronald Frazier, Philadelphia, 400m/4x400m runner 1976 Olympics gold 1954 Birthday - Silvia Chivas, Cuba, 100m/4x100m runner 1972 Olympics bronze 1954 Birthday - Silvio Leonard, Cienguegos Cuba, 100m runner 1980 Olympics silver 1953 Birthday - Nadezhda Olizarenko, U.S.S.R., 800m/1500m runner, 1980 Olympics gold 1953 Birthday - Benjamin Gene Brown, born in San Francisco, California, 4X400 runner 1976 Olympics gold 1953 Birthday - Mohammed Kedir, Ethiopia, 10k runner 1980 Olympics bronze 1953 Birthday - David Moorcroft, born in Coventry, England, British athlete, long distance runner, 5,000 meters record holder, Chief Executive of UK Athletics from 1997 to 2007 1953 Birthday - Tatyana Providokhina, Russian 1K runner, world record 1953 Birthday - Suleiman Nyambui, Tanzanian runner, world record 5k indoor 1952 Birthday - Francie Larrieu Smith, U.S., 1.5/3/10K track runner, AAU 1 mile-1979 1952 Birthday - Eamonn Coghlan, Ireland, 1500m runner, 1976 Olympics 1952 Birthday - Monika Zehrt, born in East Germany, 400m runner, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1952 Birthday - Graham Salmon, blind runner, fastest 100m by a blind man 1952 Birthday - Ludmila Maslakova, U.S.S.R., relay runner 1980 Olympics silver 1952 Birthday - Pietro Mennea, Italian runner, 200m world record 1951 Birthday - Tatyana Kazankina, U.S.S.R., middle distance runner, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 1951 Birthday - Danger Alberto Juantorena, Cuba, 800m runner 1976 Olympics gold 1951 Birthday - Kathy Hammond, U.S., 400m runner, Olympics-bronze-1972 1951 Birthday - Larry Black, born in Miami, Florida, 4x100 runner, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1951 Birthday - Jarmila Kratochvilova, Czechoslovakia, 400m/800m runner 1980 Olympics silver 1951 Birthday - Margaret Johnson Bailes, born in Bronx, New York, 4X100 runner, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1950 Birthday - Hasely Crawford, Trinidad, 100m runner 1976 Olympics gold 1950 Birthday - David James Wottle, 800m runner, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1950 Birthday - Maricica Puica, born in Romania, 2K runner, world record 1950 Birthday - Marlene Elejarde, born in Havana, Cuba, 4x100m runner, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1949 Birthday - Wayne Collett, U.S., 400m runner 1972 Olympics silver 1949 Birthday - Marty Liquori, U.S., runner, AAU 3 mile-1979, 13:14.7, 1949 Birthday - Lasse Viren, Finland, 5K/10K runner, Gold Medal 1972, 1976 Olympics 1949 Birthday - Hildegard Falck, born in West Germany, 800m runner, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1949 Birthday - Eddie Hart, U.S., 100m runner, Olympic-1972 1949 Birthday - Ronnie Ray Smith, 4 x 100m relay runner, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1949 Birthday - Charles Lismont, Belgian marathon runner, 1972 Olympic-silver 1949 Birthday - Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner 1972 Olympics bronze 1948 Birthday - Eddie James Hart, Martinez Cal, 4x100m relay runner, Olympics gold 72 1948 Birthday - Madeline Manning, U.S. 800m runner, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics, Silver Medal 1972 Olympics 1948 Birthday - William Sanderson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Larry-Newhart, Blade Runner 1948 Birthday - Manfred Kokot, East German runner, world record 50 m indoor 1947 Birthday - Bill Rodgers, marathon runner, Boston, New York 1947 Birthday - Barbara Ann Ferrell Edmondson, born in Mississippi, 4x100m runner, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1947 Birthday - Miguelina Cobian, born in Santiago, Cuba, 4x100m runner, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1947 Birthday - Ronald J Freeman II, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 4x400m runner, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1947 Birthday - Jim Ryun, U.S., 1500m runner/broke 4 minute mile, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1947 Birthday - Lee Edward Evans, Madera California, 400m runner, Olympic-2 gold-1968 1947 Birthday - Carlos A. Lopes, Portugal, marathon runner 1984 Olympics gold 1946 Birthday - Irnema Szewinski Kirszenstein, Poland, 200m runner, 1968 Olym Gold 1945 Birthday - Richard C Wohlhuter, 800m runner 1976 Olympics bronze 1945 Birthday - Roger Bambuck, Guadeloupe, French 4X100 runner 1968 Olympics bronze 1945 Birthday - Naftali Bon, Kapsabet Kenya, 4x400m runner, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1945 Birthday - Wyomia Tyus, born in Griffin, Georgia, 100m runner, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics 1945 Death - Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (Olympic-gold 1924), dies at 43 1944 Birthday - Gunhild Hoffmeister, born in West Germany, 800m/1500m runner, Silver Medal 1972 Olympics 1944 Birthday - Miruts Yifter, Ethiopia, 5K/10K runner, 1980 Olympics gold 1944 Birthday - Charles Edward Greene, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 4x100m runner, 1968 Olympics gold 1944 Birthday - Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Osterman Weekend 1943 Birthday - Lyudmila Bragina, U.S.S.R., 1500m runner, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1943 Death - Charles William Paddock, 100m runner, Gold Medal 1920 Olympics, dies at 42 1943 Death - Oskar Haks, Czechoslovakian marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz 1942 Birthday - Robert L. Hayes, born in Jacksonville, Florida, 100m/4x100m runner, 2 Gold Medals 1964 Olympics 1942 Birthday - Henry Carr, Det, Michigan, 200m/4x400m runner 1964 Olympic gold 1942 Event - Czechoslovakian marathon runner Oskar Haks transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau 1942 Birthday - Kent Bede Bernard, Trinidad, 4X400 runner 1964 Olympics bronze 1942 Birthday - Ann Packer-Brightwell, England, 400m/800m runner, 1964 Olympic gold 1942 Death - Mel Sheppard, runner, 4 Gold Medals 1908, 1912 Olympics, Silver Medal 1912 Olympics, dies at 58 1940 Birthday - Harry Winston Jerome, Sask Canada, 100m runner 1964 Olympics bronze 1940 Birthday - Wilma Rudolph, born in St. Bethlehem, Tennessee, runner, Olympic-3 gold-1960 1940 Birthday - H Kipchoge "Kip" Keino, Kenya, 1500m runner, Gold Medal 1968, 1972 Olympics 1939 Birthday - Otis Paul Drayton, Glen Cove, New York, 4x100m runner 1964 Olympic gold 1938 Birthday - Peter Snell, born in New Zealand, 800m/1500m runner, Gold Medals 1960, 1964 Olympics 1938 Birthday - Brunhilde Hendrix, born in West Germany, relay runner 1960 Olympics silver 1938 Birthday - Enrique Figuerola Camue, born in Cuba, 100m runner 1964 Olympic silver 1938 Birthday - Shin Geum Dan, born in North Korea, 400m/800m runner, 1962 world record 1938 Birthday - Herb Elliott, born in Australia, 1500m runner 1960 Olympics gold 1937 Birthday - Ridley Scott, director, Alien, Blade Runner 1937 Birthday - Ron Clarke, Australia, runner, held 19 world records 1935 Birthday - Harry Crews, U.S. writer and actor, Indian Runner 1935 Birthday - Ronnie Delaney, born in Ireland, 1500m runner, Gold Medal 1956 Olympics 1934 Birthday - Ludmila Shevtsova, U.S.S.R., 800m runner 1960 Olympics gold 1934 Birthday - Jim Beatty, track runner, 1st sub 4 minute indoor mile 1934 Birthday - Tina Maria Stone, runner, 1 year distance record of 15,472 miles 1934 Birthday - Lister Carney, born in Bellaire, Ohio, 200m runner, Olympics silver 1960 1934 Birthday - Charles Lamont Jenkins, New York City, 400m runner 1956 Olympics gold 1933 Birthday - Murray Halberg, New Zealand, 5K runner 1960 Olympics gold 1932 Birthday - Derek Ibbotson, 5K runner, Olympic-bronze-1956 1932 Birthday - Mae Heriwentha Faggs Starr, born in New Jersey, 4x100m runner 1952 Olympics gold 1932 Birthday - Wes Santee, born in Ashland, Kansas, runner, athlete, competed in 1,500-meter events, competed against Roger Bannister, John Landy 1932 Birthday - Dean Smith, U.S. actor/relay runner 1952 Olympics gold 1931 Event - Lou Gehrig hits a home run but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season 1930 Birthday - James Gathers, Sumter, South Carolina, 200m runner 1952 Olympics bronze 1930 Birthday - Roger Moens, born in Belgium, 800m runner 1960 Olympics silver 1930 Birthday - Catherine Hardy, Carollton, Georgia, 4x100m runner 1952 Olympics gold 1929 Birthday - Keith A St. H Gardner, Jamaica, 4x400m runner 1960 Olympics bronze 1928 Birthday - Philip K[indred] Dick, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo-1963, Blade Runner 1928 Birthday - Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian marathon runner, Gold Medal 1960, 1964 Olympics 1928 Birthday - Nina Otkalenko, U.S.S.R., 800m runner, 9 world records 1928 Birthday - Alan Sillitoe, born in England, writer, Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1928 Birthday - Philip K. Dick, writer of Blade Runner, Minority Report 1927 Birthday - Josy Barthel, born in Luxembourg, 1500m runner 1952 Olympics gold 1923 Birthday - Nadia Gray, actress, Naked Runner, Maniac, Candide 1923 Birthday - Harrison Dillard, Cleveland, 100m runner, 4 Gold Medals 1948, 1952 Olympics 1923 Birthday - Lloyd Labeach, born in Panama City, 100m/200m runner, Olympic-bronze-1948 1922 Birthday - Herb McKenley, born in Jamaica, 4 x 400m relay runner 1952 Olympics gold 1921 Birthday - Brian Keith, Bayonne, New Jersey, actor, Bill-Family Affair, Loneliest Runner 1920 Birthday - Emmanuel McDonald Bailey, Trinidad, 100m runner 1952 Olympics bronze 1918 Birthday - Henry Norwood Ewell, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 4x100m runner 1948 Olympics gold 1918 Birthday - Helen Stephens, Fulton, Missouri, 100m runner 1936 Olympics gold 1917 Event - Ernie Shore replaces Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth with a runner on, he throws him out and retires all 26 he faces for a perfect game 1915 Event - St. Louis 3rd base coach Miller Huggins, calls for ball Brooklyn rookie obliges, Huggins steps aside, and Card runner scores 1915 Birthday - Godfrey Brown, England, 4 x 400m runner 1936 Olympics gold 1914 Birthday - Kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach 1936 Olympics gold 1913 Birthday - Foy Draper, U.S., relay runner 1936 Olympics gold 1913 Birthday - Audrey Brown, England, 4 x 100m runner 1936 Olympics silver 1912 Death - Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21 1910 Birthday - Jack Lovelock, New Zealand/U.S. surgeon/runner 1936 Olympics gold 1909 Birthday - Glenn Cunningham, U.S. middle distance runner, 1930's 1908 Birthday - Ralph Hill, U.S., 5K runner, Olympic-1932 1908 Birthday - Kinue Hitoma, Japan, 800m runner, Silver Medal 1928 Olympics 1907 Birthday - John A Kelly, U.S. marathon runner, Berlin 1936, Boston 1935..1991 1907 Birthday - Philip A. Edwards, British Guiana, runner, Olympic-bronze-1928, 32, 36 1903 Birthday - Lina Radke, Germany, 800m runner 1928 Olympics gold 1902 Birthday - Eric Liddell, China, English 400m runner 1924 Olympics gold 1900 Birthday - Charles William Paddock, Texas, 100m runner, Olympic-2 gold-1920 1900 Birthday - Anni Holdmann, Germany, 100m runner, Olympic-1928 1897 Birthday - Paavo Nurmi, born in Finland, 5K runner, Gold Medals 1920, 1924, 1928 Olympics 1896 Birthday - Edvin Wide, Sweden, 10K runner 1924 Olympics silver 1895 Birthday - Harry F V Edward, born in British Guiana, 100m/200m runner, Olympic-bronze-1920 1892 Birthday - James Meredith, 800m runner, Gold Medal 1912 Olympics 1892 Birthday - Able Kiviat, U.S., runner, Gold Medal 1912 Olympics 1891 Birthday - Yuri Losmann, Estonia, marathon runner, Olympic-silver 1920 1891 Birthday - Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese runner 1889 Birthday - John P "Hannes" Kolehmainen, Fin long-distance runner, Olympic-gold 1912 1875 Birthday - Thomas Hicks, English/U.S. marathon runner:, Olympics gold 1904 1848 Event - Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner 1846 Birthday - Desiderio FA Pietri, Italian baker and marathon runner Dorando's father |
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