Young Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, knocked out opponent Sonny Liston for his first world title in boxing on this day in history, Feb. 25, 1964. Twenty-two-year-old Clay achieved the ...

In one of the most bizarre triumphs since P.T. Barnum had two of his midgets ceremonially married at Greenwich Village’s Grace Episcopal Church, in the middle of the nineteenth century, the fight game ...

One thing about Cassius Clay. He is a man of his word. “I’m gonna shake up this town,” said the world’s heavy weight champion last week — and he did. The town was New York. Announcing that he had ...

1940 — The first telecast of an American hockey game is transmitted over station W2XBS in New York. The viewing audience watches the New York Rangers battle the Montreal Canadiens at Madison Square ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 25, 1964, a 22-year-old Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, became world heavyweight boxing champion for the first ...

In the summer of 2010, Cassius Clay met Kanye West during a shopping trip at Barneys New York. Kanye complimented his velvet Stubbs & Wootton slippers, which featured jousting knights on the top of ...

MARIETTA — A 19th century abolitionist will be the topic of a presentation meeting of the Civil War Round Table at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 320 Second St. “Cassius ...