2015 Event The World Boxing Organization (WBO) has taken back Floyd Mayweather's welterweight title belt, won after his recent victory over Manny Pacquiao; WBO stripped the title after Mayweather failed to pay a $200,000 fee and vacate his existing titles 2013 Event In Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather beats Saul Alvarez, winning over $45 million dollars in a world-record purse 2013 Event American boxer Floyd Mayweather defeats Robert Guerrero and retains his WBC Welterweight title in a unanimous decision 2001 Death Floyd Spence, Representative-R-South Carolina 1971 - 2001, died of complications from surgery 1997 Death Floyd Cramer, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel, dies of lung cancer at age 64 1996 Event Colbert, Floyd and Irwin win Wendy's Senior 3 Tour Golf Challenge 1996 Event 14th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Raymond Floyd 1995 Death Floyd McDaniel, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 80 1995 Event 56th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Ray Floyd wins 1994 Event 6th Seniors Golf Tradition: Ray Floyd 1993 Event Floyd, Nicklaus and Rodriguez wins Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tourn 1992 Death Floyd Arceneaux, trumpeter, dies at 58 1991 Death Floyd B McKissick, U.S. founder (CORE), dies 1988 Event Expos Pitcher Floyd Youmans suspended for 60 days due to drugs 1986 Event 86th U.S. Golf Open: Ray Floyd shoots a 279 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club New York 1986 Event Raymond Floyd wins U.S. Open golf tournament 1982 Event 64th PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 272 at Southern Hills Tulsa 1980 Event Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa 1980 Death Floyd Taliaferro Alderson, actor (Crossing Trails), dies 1980 Event Pink Floyd's "Wall" hits #1 1979 Event Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks 1979 Event Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles 1977 Birthday Floyd Mayweather, Grand Rapids, Michigan, featherweight boxer, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics 1976 Event Houston Astros draft Floyd Bannister #1 1976 Event 40th Golf Masters Championship: Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271 1974 Death Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66 1972 Birthday Cliff Floyd, born in Chicago, Illinois, outfielder/1st base for the Montreal Expos 1972 Birthday William Floyd, full back for the San Francisco 49ers 1971 Birthday Gonzalo Floyd, CFL defensive end for the Hamilton Tiger Cats 1969 Event 51st PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 276 at NCR Golf Club Dayton, Ohio 1969 Death Deli Floyd, writer, dies 1968 Event Jimmy Ellis beats Floyd Patterson in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1968 Event David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd 1967 Event Pink FLoyd's 1st U.S. tour (arrives in New York City) 1967 Event 1st quadrophonic concert (Pink Floyd in London) 1967 Event Pink Floyd's single 'Arnold Layne is released in the United States 1967 Event Pink Floyd's single 'Arnold Layne' is released in the UK 1967 Event Pink Floyd finishes recordin the single, 'Arnold Layne" at London's EMI Studios 1966 Birthday Floyd Turner, NFL wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts 1966 Event Floyd B McKissick, named national director of CORE 1965 Event Muhammad Ali TKOs Floyd Patterson in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1965 Event Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Floyd Patterson in Las Vegas 1965 Birthday Eric Floyd, NFL guard for the Arizona Cardinals 1964 Birthday Floyd Youmans, baseball pitcher, Expos 1963 Event Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1 for heavyweight boxing title 1962 Event Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1st round for heavyweight title 1962 Event Chicago White Sox Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles) 1961 Event Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for heavyweight boxing title 1961 Event Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 for heavywgt boxing title 1960 Event Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 for heavywgt boxing title 1960 Event Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johnstown (New York City) 1960 Birthday Sleepy Floyd, born in Gastonia, North Carolina, professional basketball player, guard, played for Georgetown University, the New Jersey Nets, the Houston Rockets 1959 Event Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title 1959 Event Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1958 Event Floyd Patterson TKOs Roy Harris in 13 for heavyweight boxing title 1957 Event Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in 6 for heavyweight boxing title 1957 Event Floyd Patterson TKOs Tommy Jackson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title 1956 Event Floyd Patterson KOs Archie Moore in 5 for heavyweight boxing title 1952 Event Dr. Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery 1948 Birthday Marlene Floyd, LPGA golfer 1947 Event With only 1 out to go, Yank Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his World Series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs and he lost game 1945 Birthday William Floyd Weld, Gov-R-Mass 1945 Birthday Rick Wright, keyboardist of Pink Floyd 1945 Birthday King Floyd, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, famous for 'Groove Me' song recorded with Malaco Records 1944 Birthday David Gilmore, born in Cambridge, England, guitarist, Pink Floyd 1943 Birthday Floyd Sneed, Calgary, rock drummer, Three Dog Night-Joy to the World 1942 Birthday Ray Floyd, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, PGA golfer, Masters 1976 1942 Birthday Raymond Loran Floyd, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1986 U.S. Open 1940 Event Floyd Giebells, 1st game, 2-0 pennant clinching beating Bob Feller 1939 Birthday Charles Floyd Hatcher, born in Doerun, Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1981 - 1993 1936 Birthday Floyd Abrams, born in America, attorney, constitutional law expert, argued for famous cases, including the New York Times in the Judith Miller in CIA leak grand jury investigation 1936 Birthday Floyd Robinson, baseball player, White Sox, Reds, A's 1935 Birthday Eddie Floyd, born in Montgomery, Alabama, singer/composer, California Girl, Falcons 1935 Birthday Floyd Patterson, heavyweight champ 1956 - 1959, 1960 - 1962, Gold Medal 1952 Olympics 1934 Death Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, gangster, shot dead at 30 by FBI in Ohio 1933 Birthday Floyd Cramer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel 1933 Birthday Floyd Ashton, U.S. singer, Tams-What Child of Fool 1932 Death Erv A Kelley, U.S. policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd 1930 Event Lowell Thomas made debuts on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons 1928 Birthday Floyd Spence, born in Columbia, South Carolina, Representative-R-South Carolina 1971 - 2001 1926 Birthday Carlisle Floyd, born in Latta, South Carolina, composer, Slow Dusk 1926 Event Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett make 1st flight over North Pole 1924 Birthday Floyd Kalber, born in Omaha, Nebraska, newscaster, NBC Weekend News Anchor-1973 1923 Birthday Floyd M. Simmons, actor and decathlete Olympics bronze 1948, 1952 1915 Birthday Floyd McDaniel, blues singer/guitarist 1904 Birthday Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd, FBI Most Wanted criminal 1903 Birthday Floyd "Babe" Herman, Brooklyn Dodgers' slugger, .324 lifetime average 1890 Birthday Floyd Henri Allport, U.S. psychologist/sociologist 1863 Death John Buchanan Floyd, U.S. Minister of War (1857-60), Confederate general, dies 1821 Death William Floyd, U.S. soldier/signer of Declaration of Independence, dies at 86 1806 Birthday John Buchanan Floyd, Ex-Sect of War, Union 1804 Death Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 1734 Birthday William Floyd, U.S. soldier/signer, Declaration of Independence
