George Foreman History: June 29, 1995 - George Foreman loses IBF boxing title, refused to fight Axel Schulz March 4, 1995 - George Foreman loses WBA boxing title, refusing to fight Tony Tucker January 15, 1990 - 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds January 24, 1976 - George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest March 26, 1974 - George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2 for heavyweight boxing title March 3, 1974 - George Foreman KOs Ken Norton September 1, 1973 - George Foreman KOs Jose "King" Roman in 1 for heavyweight boxing title January 22, 1973 - George Foreman TKOs Joe Frazier in 2 for heavyweight boxing title January 10, 1949 - George Foreman, born in Houston, Texas, world heavyweight boxing champ, 1973 - 1974, 1995
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1992 Holocaust Museum dedicated in Washington D.C.
1970 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources
1915 1st military use of chlorine poison gas by Germany in WW I
1898 U.S. President McKinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors