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 ...

It was four against one when “The Greatest” met the soon-to-be greatest rock band of all time, but Muhammad Ali had no trouble knocking out all of The Beatles with a single swing when they met at a ...

Laguna Niguel, Calif. – Two significant pairs of Muhammad Ali fight-worn gloves - Ali’s (then Cassius Clay) gloves from his February 25, 1964 bout against Sonny Liston and his gloves from his March 8, ...

I first met Jacqui Colyer, chairperson of the Historic Hampton House, on the phone. It feels like moons ago, but it was probably in 2020. My colleague, Julio Capo, deputy director of the Wolfsonian ...

Boxing great Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Clay in Louisville, Ky., on Jan. 17, 1942. After winning a gold medal in the 1960 Olympics as part of the U.S. Olympic boxing team, Clay went on to win the ...