Roger Bannister Size:8" x 10" "Every strike brings me closer

"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run

as seen here at the Collins Pharmacy in Islip

) In July 1947

John Noble Wilford wrote in The Times

The transatlantic flight was considered an aviation triumph

Roger Bannister Size:8" x 10" "Every strike brings me closerMedical student Roger Bannister becomes the first man to break the 4 minute barrier in the mile run on May 6, 1954, at the rain dampened, blustery Iffley Road Track in Oxford, England. It was a feat that many thought was impossible. This photo ran on the front page of The Times the next day with the headline, "4 Minute Mile Is Achieved By Bannister of England; Bannister Runs Mile in World Record Time of 3: 59. 4." "Paced by two other runners,