It took place on Monday, April 17 (Patriots' Day in Massachusetts).

That number was then retired from all future Boston Marathons.

Women were not allowed to run marathons until 1972, but she registered under the name K. V.

[1] The event ran along the same winding course the Marathon has followed for many decades ‍—‌26 miles 385 yards (42.195 km) of roads and city streets, starting in Hopkinton and passing through six Massachusetts cities and towns, to the finish line beside the Boston Public Library, on Boylston Street in Boston's Copley Square.

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