Daily Archives: March 6, 2014

Heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay officially changes name to Muhammad Ali 50 years ago today (Mar 6 1964)


Video: 'Cassius Clay To Muhammad Ali The Story FULL' (Mar. 6, 1964, at 34:09)

(Friday, March 6, 1964) — New Heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay, just days after his championship bout with Sonny Liston, changed his name to Muhammad Ali today, saying he converted to Islam and he considered Cassius Clay a “slave name.”

American bombers launch first large-scale daylight raid on Berlin 70 years ago today (Mar 6 1944)


Video: 'U.S. Bombers in First Daylight Raid on Berlin - 1944'

(Wednesday, February 23, 1944; during World War II) — American bombers today launched their first large-scale daylight raid on Berlin, the capital of Hitler’s Reich. The price they paid for their audacity was high: 69 heavy bombers and 11 escort fighters failed to return, the highest number in any raid mounted by the 8th Air Force. Continue reading American bombers launch first large-scale daylight raid on Berlin 70 years ago today (Mar 6 1944)