1988 Death Glenn Cunningham, U.S. world record miler, dies at 78 1970 Birthday James Calvin Spivey, born in Schiller Park, Illinois, miler 1970 Birthday Steve Holman, Indianapolis Indiana, miler 1945 Event Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4:05.3), retires to do gospel work 1939 Event Glenn Cunningham (top miler) says 4-minute mile beyond human effort 1914 Birthday Sydney Wooderson, miler, world record 1937 1858 Birthday Laurence "Lon" Myers, U.S., track star, top U.S. miler
