ZUM4929060: May 05, 1954 - Roger Bannister Does it. Runs mile in under four minutes: Britain's Roger Bajminister has done it. Last night he r ~ n she fabulous sixes four-minute mile, a feat which the world's athletes have been trying to achieve for years. His time was three minutes 59.4 seconds. As he passed the post at Oxford's shouting spectators / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4928960: May 05, 1954 - Actors as Lottery Salesmen: Daniel Gelin, Famous english screen and stage actors, and lovely screen star great garsun selling lottery tickets on the champselysees for the Benefit of the ex servicemen of Lecler's Division. The occasion was the annual ex festival organised by the ex servicemen in the Garden of Turnstiles / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4929248: 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 the three minutes 59.4 seconds. As he passed the post at Oxford's Iffley road track he was swept up in a mass of cheering, shouting spectators / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4929744: May 05, 1954 - HUNTED GUNMAN SHOOTS HELF. London's day of terror from a mad gunman ended last night, when NATHAN GOLDBERG, 27, an ex-Guardsman, died in hospital after shooting himself it the bead in a taxi. Police had been issued with guns after Goldberg had shot three men- one fatally - on his raven of 22 / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4929781: May 05, 1954 - New Seven-Foot High Street Guide To London Unveiled: Alderman G.E. Earlebach, Chairman of the City Streets Committee - this morning performed the ceremony of unveiling the first of fifty - seven foot high” Guides to London” - on the pavement opposite St. Paul's Cathedral. The Guide boards are to be placed at points throughout London - and at the turn of a handle cross reference maps unroll behind unbreakable glass. At the side of the maps are lists of 3,000 shops, business houses etc. and a list of 4,500 streets. The guide is the work of Norwegian Lars Ringdal of Oslo / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4929514: May 05, 1954 - The Queen and the Duke Reunited with Children: H.M. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Tobruk and were reunited - after five months - with their children, Prince Charles and Princes Anne, abroad the Royal Yacht, Britannia. The Royal couple landed at EL aDem airport, Libya, after breakfasting at the airport they began the 18 mile car journey inspecting a Guard of Honour, after arriving at El Adam airport / Bridgeman Images