TOKYO (Reuters) - In October 1964, Japan became the first Asian nation to host an Olympics, showing off its growing technical prowess and returning to global society not 20 years after a crushing ...

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 ...

He served on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in the immediate post-war period. He was also a physician who studied medicine in both Tokyo and London and was later president of the Japanese ...

Tokyo, Sept. 30, 1964: Ralph Boston, holder of the world long jump record at 27 feet, 4¼ inches. Boston was one of the 159 U.S. athletes and officials first to arrive Sept. 30, 1964, in Tokyo for the ...

When 12-year-old Don Blasy won a pair of bronze ice skate blades in 1955 for speed skating, he had no idea that in eight years he would be trying out for the 1964 Olympics to be held in Innsbruck, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. H x W (Closed): 11 × 8 9/16 in. (27.9 ...

The film showcases a historical perspective on athletics, highlighting the achievements of Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila, who made Olympic history by winning a marathon shortly after an appendicitis ...

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