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 ...

This Day in History: On October 14, 1964, history was made on the track in Tokyo, Japan, as Billy Mills, a relatively unknown American runner, stunned the world by winning the gold medal in the 10,000 ...

Billy Mills won the 10,000-meter race at the 1964 Olympics in Japan. The victory was a triumph that grew from the discrimination he faced growing up as the son of white and Native American parents. We ...

For the original audio, click here. It was one of the greatest Olympic upsets ever: Billy Mills came from nowhere to win the 10,000-meter race at the 1964 Olympics in Japan. The victory was a triumph ...

BROOKINGS — For 60 years, American distance runners have dreamed of repeating the Olympic 10K victory that Billy Mills notched in 1964. As the XXXIII Olympiad takes place in Paris, Mills remains the ...

NEW THIS MORNING. LEGENDARY OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST BILLY MILLS IS SHARING HIS STORY IN A WHOLE NEW WAY. MILLS WON THE 10,000M AT THE 1964 OLYMPICS, BECOMING THE SECOND INDIGENOUS ATHLETE TO WIN GOLD.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The International Olympic Committee is still planning on holding the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. They were delayed last year due to the global pandemic and there’s ...

Tokyo, Japan, October, 1964: U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Billy Mills waves to photographers after what may have been the biggest upset of the 1964 Olympics, his record-setting triumph in the 10,000-meter ...

Billy Mills was running the 10,000-meter race at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. It was the final lap, and he was behind the pack. But in the final stretch, Mills moved to lane 4 and began passing the other ...

1. His origins: Was there any sign that Billy Mills might achieve something in life? He was raised in poverty on the Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Reservation in South Dakoka, surrounded by ...

The victory was a triumph that grew from the discrimination he faced growing up as the son of white and Native American parents. Looking Back On Billy Mills' Upset Win At The 1964 Tokyo Olympics For ...