The Astrodome
Here is the Houston Astrodome in May 1964 under construction. Pretty neat to see.
Silver in 800m
Marco Arop almost won gold. By .01s. He gets the silver in the 800m. Very good run. That is now 8g, 7s, 11b for 26 total.
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