Muhammad Ali's life - Historical Events

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    Muhammad Ali's life

  • Muhammad Ali(Cassius Marcellus Clay) was born

    Muhammad Ali(Cassius Marcellus Clay) was born
    Muhammad Ali was born in January 17, 1942, in Louisville. His real name was named after his father, Cassius Marcellus Clay sir
  • Color TV introduced

    Color TV was first introduced by a commercial, and June 27, 1951, CBS started to broadcast regularly a color TV show
  • Muhammad Ali was pointed by a police officer

    Muhammad Ali was pointed by a police officer
    pointed by the police officerWhen Muhammad Ali went to police officer because his bicycle was stolen, Ali started to be interested in boxing. He practiced with the police officer every day. The police officer saw his talent
  • Racism ruled illegal in U.S.

    Segregation ruled illegal in US which means that there would be no more racism in their country. Supreme Court made a decision that people in US are "separate but equal"
  • Peace Symbol

    Peace Symbol
    Peace symbol was created by a British artist, Gerald Holtom, to prevent nuclear war in the Earth. It began to spread out, and U.S also started to use this symbol for peace movement
  • Muhammad Ali wins the gold medal in Summer Olympics

    Muhammad Ali wins the gold medal in Summer Olympics
    Muhammad Ali wins the gold medal in Summer Olympics
    wins the light-heavyweight gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Rome with a 5–0 decision over Poland's Zbigniew Pietrzykowski.
  • Muhammad Ali wins the first pro match

    Muhammad Ali wins the first pro match
    Muhammad Ali wins the first pro match
    Muhammad Ali wins the first pro match after 6 round of fighting against Tunney Hunsaker
  • Cassius Clay changes his name to Muhammad Ali

    Cassius Clay changes his name to Muhammad Ali
    He changes his name to Muhammad Ali because his real name is a slave name, and he wanted to live as muslim and be proud of himself
  • Muhammad Ali defeats Sony Liston in Heavyweight title

    Muhammad Ali defeats Sony Liston in Heavyweight title
    Muhammad Ali defeats Sonly Liston in Heavyweight titlein a technical knockout to win the world heavyweight boxing crown. The highly anticipated match took place in Miami Beach, Florida. Clay, who later became known to the world as Muhammad Ali, went on to become the first fighter to capture the heavyweight title three times.
  • Muhammad Ali marries to Sonji Roi

    Muhammad Ali marries to Sonji Roi
    Muhammad Ali marries to Sonji Roi meeting each other one month earlier. Roi was working as a cocktail waitress when they met
  • U.S. Sends Troops to Vietnam

    U.S sends troops to Vietnam in March 8, 1965
    U.S marines landed near Da Nang in South Vietnam, and this was the first arrivial.
  • Muhammad Ali divorces with Sonji Roi

    Divorces to Sonji Roi because Sonji Roi could not stand Muhammad Ali
  • Muhammad Ali refuses to go to US Army

    Muhammad Ali refuses to go to US Army
    Muhammad Ali refuses to go to US Army
    On April 28, 1967, boxing champion Muhammad Ali refuses to be inducted into the U.S. Army and is immediately stripped of his heavyweight title. Ali, a Muslim, cited religious reasons for his decision to forgo military service. On April 28, 1967, with the United States at war in Vietnam, Ali refused to be inducted into the armed forces, saying “I ain’t got no quarre
  • Muhammad Ali marries Belinda Boyd

    Muhammad Ali marries Belinda Boyd
    Muhammad Ali marries to Belinda Boyd , who is 17 years old. She was the only real Muslim wife of Muhammad Ali
  • Muhammad Ali returns to boxing to defeat Jerry Quarry

    Muhammad Ali returns to boxing to defeat Jerry Quarry
    Muhammad Ali returns to boxing to defeat Jerry Quarry For a certain time, Jerry Quarry was Muhammad Ali's rival.
  • "The Fight of the Century" Joe Frazier vs Muhammad Ali

    "The Fight of the Century" Joe Frazier vs Muhammad Ali
    Nickname "The fight of the Century" was given to the first match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, the two killing machines. Ali loses his first professional match against Joe Frazier
  • Supreme Court frees Muhammad Ali

    Supreme Court frees Muhammad Ali
    http://timelines.com/1971/6/28/supreme-court-reverses-conviction-of-muhammad-ali-by-unanimous-decision
    The court says that there is no reason that Muhammad Ali should be punished just because he refused the induction of US Army
  • Munich Massacre

    Munich Massacre
    Munich Massacre happened when there was a terror in Munich Olympics that killed 9 all Israeli hostage, and 2 Palestinian terrorists
  • Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier at theire second match

    Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier at theire second match
    Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in their rematch fight
    Nonetheless it was still big news, a superfight. Frazier and ALi ended up in a wrestling match live on national television while being interviewed by Howard Cosell. Frazier made a comment about Ali's trip to the hospital after their first fight and Ali became annoyed. "Why d'you say that, Joe? Everybody knows I went to hospital for 10 minutes.
  • "Rumble in the Jungle" Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman

    "Rumble in the Jungle" Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman
    Nickname "Rumble in the Jungle" symbolizes the match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Eventually Muhammad Ali defeats George Foreman, the younger boxer
  • "Thrilla in Manila" third match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier

    "Thrilla in Manila" third match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier
    "Thrilla in Manilla" is the final match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in the boxing history, In the 15th round, Joe Frazier gives up the match.
  • Muhammad Ali marries Veronica Porsche

    Muhammad Ali marries Veronica Porsche
    She was the third wife of American boxer Muhammad Ali, and the mother of actress and professional boxer Laila Ali. She changed her name to Porsche, so people can remember her as her fame grows
  • Muhammad Ali loses heavyweight title to Leon Spinks

    Muhammad Ali loses heavyweight title to Leon Spinks
    Muhammad Ali loses Heavyweight champion title from Leon Spinks
    Leon Spinks became famous after he defeated Muhammad Ali. This shows that Muhammad Ali was known to people and to media as "Unbeatable man."
  • Muhammad Ali announced retirement

    Muhammad Ali announced retirement
    Muhammad Ali announced retirement of his boxing carrer and life
  • Muhammad Ali comes out of retiement

    Muhammad Ali comes out of retiement
    Muhammad Ali returns from his retirement to defeat agains the boxing champion, However, he loses as TKO by Larry Holmes and Trevor Berbick and retirs permanantly.
  • Muhammad Ali is diagnosed with Parkinson's Syndrome

    Muhammad Ali is diagnosed with Parkinson's Syndrome
    Muhammad Ali dis diagnosed with Parkinson's syndrome
    Parkinson's disease : disorder of the central nervous system
  • Berlin wall fallls down

    Berlin Wall falls down.
    Berlin Wall was kind of a border between East Germany and West Germany. The government decided to open the wall, and it united the Germany.
  • Iqbal Masih

    Iqbal Masih was a boy from Pakistan who died because of a lot of work.
    He died when he was 12 years old
  • Muhammad Ali lights the flame at the 1996 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

    Muhammad Ali lights the flame at the 1996 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
    Muhammad Ali lights the olympic light for the 96 olympic opening ceremony
    I believe that to light the flame at Summer Olympics, you need to be famous, proudful and you need to be respected by people. Muhammad Ali lighst the flame in 1996, and this shows that Muhammad Ali is known to be respected by people