Today in History 09/10 (Abebe Bikila)

Lived: Aug 07, 1932 – Oct 25, 1973 (age 41)
Height: 5′ 10″
Spouse: Yewibdar Giorghis (m. 1954 – 1973)
Parents: Bikila Demissie
Movies: Spirit of the Marathon · The Athlete
Awards: BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year (1964)Highlights
- 1954: Abebe Bikila married Yewibdar Giorghis in 1954.
- 1960: Abebe married 15-year-old Yewebdar Wolde-Giorgis on March 16, 1960.
- 1961: In the 1961 Athens Classical Marathon, Abebe again won while running barefoot.
- 1963: Abebe participated in a total of sixteen marathons, winning twelve and finishing fifth in the 1963 Boston Marathon.
- 1966: In 1966 he ran marathons at Zarautz and Inchon–Seoul, winning both.
- 1973: Abebe died at age 41 on October 25, 1973, of a cerebral hemorrhage related to his accident four years earlier.

Crossing the finish line
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(1960) Barefoot Bikila wins Rome’s marathon gold.
Also on this day,
1509 | Massive earthquake hits Constantinople
Also on this day,
1509 | Massive earthquake hits Constantinople
The North Anatolian Fault releases 7.2 magnitudes of energy under the Sea of Marmara close to the seat of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople, in what will one day be Turkey. The quake will earn its epithet, ‘The Lesser Judgment Day,’ with its immediate destructiveness and 45 days of seemingly endless aftershocks.1919 | New Yorkers take to the streets as heroes come home
New Yorkers welcome 25,000 soldiers home from the battlefields of Europe nearly a year after WWI’s armistice with a gigantic victory parade down Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. General John J. ‘Black Jack’ Pershing leads his 1st Infantry Division troops past the grateful throngs.2000 | ‘Cats,’ Broadway’s longest-running show, finally closes
The Jellicle Cats have their last pad around the New York stage as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical ‘Cats closes after nearly 18 years. At a record-breaking 7,485 performances, it’s Broadway’s longest-running show and will retain that distinction until Webber unleashes a certain ‘Phantom to haunt the boards for an even longer run.
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Date: Sep 10, 1509
Great Istanbul Earthquake (Little Judgment Day), 1509
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