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01
Sep
PAST NEWS EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY
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31
Aug
PAST EVENTS THAT MADE NEWS HISTORY
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Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison is a Northern Irish
singer-songwriter and musician whose recording
career started in the 1960s. He is 80 today.
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28
Jun
BOXING OPPONENT’S EAR WAS BITTEN
On June 28, 1997, Mike Tyson bites Evander Holyfield’s ear
in the third round of their heavyweight rematch.
The attack led to his disqualification from the match and
suspension from boxing, and was the strangest chapter
yet in the champion’s roller-coaster career.
24
Jun
KID BLACKIE WAS BORN ON THIS DAY
1949
William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey
(June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983)
Also nicknamed The Manassa Mauler, was a boxer who competed
from 1914 to 1927, and world heavyweight champion from 1919 to
1926. One of the most iconic athletes of his era, Dempsey is ranked
sixth on The Ring magazine’s list of all-time heavyweights and
fourth among its Top 100 Greatest Punchers, while in 1950 the Associated Press voted him as the greatest fighter of the past
50 years.
He is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and was
in the previous Boxing Hall of Fame.
11
Apr
FIRST LIVE SPORTING EVENT BROADCAST
On April 11, 1921, KDKA in Pittsburgh aired the first live
sporting event on the radio, a boxing match between
Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee.
Pittsburgh Daily Post sports editor Florent Gibson calls
the event, about four months before KDKA’s Harold Arlin
announces the first Major League Baseball game broadcast
on radio.
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