On This Day May 6

Roger Bannister became the first athlete to run a mile in under four minutes. He achieved this athletic feat at Oxford, England, on May 6, 1954, in a time of 3 min 59.4 seconds. His world record lasted just 46 days before Australian John Landy, shaved 1.4 seconds off it.

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