ZUM4931717: May 05, 1954 - Roger Bannister does it. Runs mile in under four minutes.: Britain's Roger Bannister has done it. Last night he ran the fabulous four-minute mile, a feat which the world's athletes have been trying to achieve for years. His time was three minutes 59.4 secs. As he passed the post at Oxford's Iffley-road track he was swept up in a mass of cheering, shouting spectators / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4931750: May 05, 1954 - Argentina Minister In London For Trade Talks Are Presented To H.M. The Queen: Dr. Jeronimno Remorino the Argentina Foreign Minister and Dr. Gomes Morales the Argentina Minister of Economics who are in London for Trade and financial talks with members of the Government - were Presented to H.M. The Queen at Buckingham Palace this afternoon.Photo Shows Dr.Jeronimo Remorino (left) and Dr. Gomes Morales as they left Claridge Hotel for the Palace this afternoon / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4930734: May 05, 1954 -” Sweetheart Of The Silent Screen” Comes To England: An arrival at Southampton on the linear United States yesterday was Mary Pickford, the” Sweetheart of the Silent screen”. Mary, who is now 71, and is accompanied by her husband Charles” Buddy” Rogers, is visiting London, Paris, Berlin and Moscow to try and find copies of 220 of the 300 films that she made, which are wanted for a Hollywood Museum / Bridgeman Images
ETE4931786: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Poche de Lorient (France) May 10, 1945: In a field near Caudan, after the surrender of German General Fahrmbacher (Commander of the German Forces of the Poche), General Kramer (CG of the 66th DI US) and General Desbordes (CG of the 19th DI French)) congratulate each other / Bridgeman Images
ETE4931817: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Lorient (France) May 10, 1945: Poche de Lorient (France) May 10, 1945: After the surrender of German General Fahrmbacher (Commander of the German Forces of La Poche), American and French soldiers in front of the underwater base / Bridgeman Images