First man to run a mile in under 4 minutes dies at 88
British athlete Sir Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, died at the age of 88 on Saturday. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2011. Bannister had become the first man to run a mile in under four minutes by clocking a time of three minutes and 59.4 seconds on May 6, 1954.