On October 14, 1964, history was made on the track in Tokyo, Japan, as Billy Mills, a relatively unknown American runner, ...
Billy Mills turns 87 next week. Gerry Lindgren is 79. Dear friends since they were 1964 Olympians — Tokyo roomies — they also share a golden memory that turns 60 Friday. On that day — June 27, 1965 — ...
In 1964, America was still reeling from the previous November’s assassination of President John F. Kennedy, as the country’s youth were mesmerized by “Beatlemania.” Yet something positive of an ...