This Weekend in History: Roosevelt Shooting African Animals and the Birth of the 4-Minute Miler

National Geographic Library Manager of Research Maggie Turqman returns with some timely milestones plucked from history. This weekend, New Orleans, which has been no stranger to disaster, had 80% of its buildings burn down on March 21, 1788; post-presidential Thedore Roosevelt left for an expedition to British East Africa to "collect," (aka shoot) big game animals in 1909; and Roger Bannister, the first sub-4 minute mile runner, was born on this weekend in 1929.