The World Marathon Majors series is announced

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1. Story
2. The directors of the Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City marathons announce a joint series with a points-based championship and a one-million-dollar purse split between the leading man and woman. The series launches at the 110th Boston Marathon on 17 April 2006 and runs its first cycle to the 2007 New York City Marathon. It is a commercial partnership between race organisers, not a designation by any governing body.
3. Knowledge
4. Boston Marathon
5. London Marathon
6. Berlin Marathon
7. Chicago Marathon
8. New York City Marathon
9. Abbott World Marathon Majors
10. The World Marathon Majors series is announced
11. Connections
12. Abbott World Marathon Majors
13. Boston Marathon
14. London Marathon
15. Berlin Marathon
16. Chicago Marathon
17. New York City Marathon
18. Boston Marathon
19. London Marathon
20. Berlin Marathon
21. Chicago Marathon
22. New York City Marathon
23. Tokyo Marathon
24. The World Marathon Majors series is announced
25. Tokyo becomes the sixth Major
26. Sydney runs its first race as the seventh Major
27. Cape Town is confirmed as the eighth Major
28. Cape Town scheduled to run as a Major
29. The temperature penalty in marathon running
30. New York City Marathon
31. Record-eligible road course criteria
32. The first modern Olympic marathon, Marathon to Athens
33. Boston
34. Abbott World Marathon Majors
35. Boston Athletic Association
36. The first Boston Marathon
37. Boston lengthens its course and moves the start to Hopkinton
38. Women run Boston, unofficially and then officially
39. The World Marathon Majors series is announced
40. Bombings at the Boston Marathon finish line
41. Chris Brasher
42. London
43. Abbott World Marathon Majors
44. New York City Marathon
45. The first London Marathon
46. The World Marathon Majors series is announced
47. Tigst Assefa sets a women-only world record in London
48. The first sub-two-hour marathon in a record-eligible race
49. Chicago Marathon
50. Berlin
51. Abbott World Marathon Majors
52. The first Berlin Marathon, in the Grunewald
53. Berlin moves its marathon into the city
54. The Berlin Marathon runs through the Brandenburg Gate
55. The World Marathon Majors series is announced
56. Kelvin Kiptum runs 2:00:35 in Chicago
57. The temperature penalty in marathon running
58. Berlin Marathon
59. Chicago
60. Abbott World Marathon Majors
61. The first Chicago Marathon, as the Mayor Daley Marathon
62. The World Marathon Majors series is announced
63. Kelvin Kiptum runs 2:00:35 in Chicago
64. Ruth Chepngetich runs 2:09:56 in Chicago
65. Boston Marathon
66. Fred Lebow
67. London Marathon
68. The mass-participation city marathon
69. New York City
70. Abbott World Marathon Majors
71. New York Road Runners
72. The first New York City Marathon, in Central Park
73. New York goes to five boroughs
74. New York is remeasured and two world bests are voided
75. The World Marathon Majors series is announced
76. Evidence
77. On 23 January 2006 the Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City marathons announced the World Marathon Majors, launched at the 110th Boston Marathon on 17 April 2006 with a points-based series and a one-million-dollar purse; Tokyo joined for the 2013 series. V55 verification basis: read through an attributed search summary of the announcement and of the 2012 accession release.