1970 Birthday Marciano Vink, soccer player, Genoa/PSV 1970 Event Super Fight, computer mock championship between Ali and Marciano 1969 Death Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 45 1967 Event Rocky Marciano retires as undefeated boxing champ 1960 Birthday David Marciano, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Det Ray Vecchio-Due South 1956 Event Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing 1955 Event Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 for heavyweight boxing title 1955 Event Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in San Francisco 1955 Event Rocky Marciano TKOs Don Cockell in 9 for heavyweight boxing title 1954 Event Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8 for heavyweight boxing title 1954 Event Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1953 Event Rocky Marciano TKOs Roland LaStarza in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1953 Event Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago 1953 Event Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 1 for heavywgt boxing title 1952 Event Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for hw boxing title 1952 Event Rocky Marciano defeated Lee Savold for his 39th straight win 1951 Event Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden 1923 Birthday Rocky Marciano, heavyweight champion boxer, 1952 - 1956