On October 14, 1964, history was made on the track in Tokyo, Japan, as Billy Mills, a relatively unknown American runner, ...

In an era when America dominated the event, he was one of the best. He retired after winning gold at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics and became a doctor. By Richard Sandomir Dallas Long, a brawny ...

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 ...

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 ...