What happened with running shoes in 1967?
Katherine Switzer runs the Boston Marathon, sparking attempts by organisers to stop her.
Distance Runners News (which later becomes Runners World) published their first running shoe guide.
What else happened in 1967?
On 12 January, James Bedford becomes the first person that was cryonically preserved with the intention of future resuscitation. He died of a myocardial infarction following cancer metastasis. His body is still preserved.
On March 14, executives from the German pharmaceutical company Grunenthal are charged for breaking German drug laws because of thalidomide.
Israel and Syria fight their ‘Six-Day War’.
Protests continue over the Vietnam War.
On December 3, Christiaan Barnard carries out the world’s first heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Running Shoes | Marketshare of Running Shoes | Running Shoe Anatomy and Terminology | Design Features in Running Shoes | How Often to Change or Replace Running Shoes | Manufacture of Running Shoes | Running Shoe Materials | Running Shoe Rotation | History of Podiatry | Footwear History | History of the Marathon
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