Muhammad Ali
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2016
Muhammad Ali died on June 3 as the result of septic shock due to unspecified natural causes. He was 74 years old. He was buried in Louisville, Kentucky. He planned his own funeral which included eulogies from former President Bill Clinton, sportscaster Bryant Gumbel and comedian and close friend Billy Crystal.
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2005
He is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian honor. Muhammad Ali left the public eye but continued to provide humanitarian support as well as support to the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at Barrow Neurological Institutes as well as other charities.
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February 21, 2005
He is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian honor. Muhammad Ali left the public eye but continued to provide humanitarian support as well as support to the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at Barrow Neurological Institutes as well as other charities.
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February 21, 2005
He is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian honor. Muhammad Ali left the public eye but continued to provide humanitarian support as well as support to the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at Barrow Neurological Institutes as well as other charities.
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1997
He received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. His picture is placed on the front of the Wheaties cereal box. He is named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated.
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July 19, 1996
Ali lights the Olympic cauldron during the Opening Ceremony for the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games. He also received a replacement gold medal for the one he won in 1960.
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November 19, 1986
Ali marries his fourth wife, Yolanda “Lonnie” Williams.
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1984
Although Ali had shown some signs he might have Parkinson’s disease, a degenerative disease of the brain, leading up to the Holmes fight in 1980, he officially is diagnosed with the ailment.
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December 13, 1981
At the age of 39, Ali announces his retirement from boxing.
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December 12, 1981
Ali came back and fought with Trevor Berbick. Ali lost the fight.
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October 3, 1980
Ali comes out of retirement to face Larry Holmes in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Holmes overmatched Ali, and Ali’s corner stopped the fight after 10 rounds.
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June 27, 1979
Ali announces his retirement.
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September 15, 1978
Ali avenges his loss earlier in the year and became the first three-time world heavyweight champion by defeating Spinks in the Louisiana Superdome.
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February 15, 1978
Ali loses to 1976 Olympic champion Leon Spinks in 15 rounds by a split decision.
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December 2, 1977
Ali’s daughter, Laila, was born. She is the daughter of Ali and his third wife, Veronica Porsche. Laila went on to become a professional boxer.
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September 28, 1976
Ali beats Ken Norton in Yankee Stadium in New York.
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October 1, 1975
Ali’s biography, “The Greatest: My Own Story,” by Richard Durham, is published. Among the topics is in the book is the mention that Ali threw his Olympic gold medal into the Ohio River. There have been varying reports about Ali losing his medal since.
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October 1, 1975
Ali took on Frazier for a third (and final) time, this time in the Philippines. Ali beat Frazier in a TKO in the 14th round in what is forever known as “The Thrilla in Manila”.
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October 30, 1974
The famed “Rumble in the Jungle” fight takes place in Zaire and Ali knocks out George Foreman in the eighth round. Ali famously tires out Foreman using the “rope-a-dope” strategy.
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January 28, 1974
Ali and Frazier have a rematch in Madison Square Garden. This time, Ali won in 12 rounds.
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