1997 Alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight), dies at 72
1995 George Foreman loses IBF boxing title, refused to fight Axel Schulz
1995 George Foreman loses WBA boxing title, refusing to fight Tony Tucker
1995 Ecuador and Peru involve in boundary fight
1994 Rossano Brazzi, It resistance fight/actor (Final Justice), dies at 78
1992 Lennox Lewis given WBC title, when Riddick Bowe refused to fight him
1991 Former New York Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds
1990 Henry Lauter, actor (Tarzan's Fight), dies
1990 Pistons and 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record)
1989 Soviet-U.S. agreement allows Soviets to fight U.S. pros
1985 Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his 1st pro fight
1984 NL suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th
1984 Lebanese army fight in Beirut
1983 Michael Dokes and Mike Weaver fight to a draw in 15 for hw boxing title
1982 Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch
1982 Pentagon plans 1st strategy to fight a nuclear war
1982 Red Smith, sportscaster (Pulitzer, Fight Talk), dies at 76
1981 Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick
1981 Lola Lane, actress (Zanzibar, Mystery Ship, Big Fight), dies
1978 New York Yankee manager Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson fight in dug out
1977 Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his 1st pro fight
1977 Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his 1st pro fight
1975 Kurds end fight against Iraqi army
1974 A's Reggie Jackson and Bill North engage in clubhouse fight at Detroit
1974 Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out
1973 1st heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman)
1970 Super Fight, computer mock championship between Ali and Marciano
1969 Chinese-Russian borders fight (approx 70 die)
1968 Israeli-Jordan border fight
1966 Ad-Rock, [Adam Horowitz], rocker, Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight
1966 Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die
1965 Mike D[iamond], New York City, rap vocalist, Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight
1965 Phillies Dick Allen and Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice
1965 U.S. troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam
1965 India and Pakistan engage in border fight
1964 MCA, [Adam Yauch], rock vocalist, Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight
1962 Benny "Kid" Paret, U.S. welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at 24
1962 U.S. advisors in South-Vietnam join the fight
1960 Muhammad Ali's 1st professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6
1954 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in MSG, New York City
1953 Dave Amato, rocker for REO Speedwagon, Can't Fight this Feeling
1951 Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office
1950 Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O'Sullivan 14 times in a title fight
1950 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons)
1948 Ruben Blades, salsa singer and actor, Critical Condition, Last Fight
1947 President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism
1944 Rotterdam Passage fight frees 46 prisoners
1944 John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed
1943 Hitler orders nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death
1942 Hitler orders Rommels African corps to fight to last man
1942 Fight at Matanikau, Guadalcanal (John Hersey-Into the Valley)
1940 1st Polish squadrons fight along in the Battle of Britain
1940 Winston Churchill says "We shall fight on the seas and oceans"
1939 Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II
1938 British leaders and Arabians fight in Palestine
1938 March of Dimes established to fight polio
1932 Don King, fight promoter, Mike Tyson
1927 Famous "Long count" fight (Dempsey loses boxing title to Tunney)
1925 Alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor, Hell Fight
1925 Spain and France fight Morocco
1916 Heavyweight Jess Willard and Franc Moran fight to no decision in New York City
1915 German and French fight Battle of Artois
1915 Vladmir Jabotinsky forms a Jewish military force to fight in Palestine
1915 Gus Lesnevich, light heavyweight boxing champ, 1947 fight of year
1914 Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia
1913 Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris
1908 Quickest world heavyweight title fight (Burns KOs Roche in 88 seconds)
1906 Tommy Burns and Jack O'Brien fight to a draw in 20 for hw boxing title
1906 Johannes Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter, passage fight
1905 Red Smith, Green Bay Wisconsin, sportscaster/columnist, Fight Talk
1902 Most knock downs in a fight, Oscar Nelson (5) and Christy Williams (42)
1900 Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Balt
1896 Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado)
1891 Boxers Peter Jackson and Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds
1887 Jake Kilrain and Jem Smith fight 106 round bare knuckle draw
1885 Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves and 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey
1880 Carl Van Fight, U.S. author/critic, Red, Nigger Heaven
1879 Longest championship fight (136 rounds)
1876 Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY)
1864 Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) Virginia
1863 1st black regiment (54 Mass) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War
1856 James Kelly and Jack Smith fight bareknuckle for 6h15m in Melbourne
1849 1st U.S. prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy)
1836 3,000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight
1781 George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis
1775 Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx)
1747 John Paul Jones, naval hero, "I have not yet begun to fight"
1746 John Peter Zenger, journalist, involved in 1st amendment fight, dies
1688 Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet, Fight of Kings and Mice
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