A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 25, 1964, a 22-year-old Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, became world heavyweight boxing champion for the first ...

Kyle Schwarber is Phillies' First All-Star Game MVP Since Johnny Callison in 1964 originally appeared on Athlon Sports. This year, Kyle Schwarber was the only Philadelphia Phillies representative at ...

On Father’s Day, the Philadelphia Phillies stop the New York Mets, 6-0, as Jim Bunning, a father of seven, tosses the first perfect game in the National League since 1880. It was also the first in the ...

Former Jamestown High School football coach Terry Ransbury returned to the city in September 2014 for the reunion of his undefeated 1964 team. At left, he enjoys a light moment at Strider Field before ...

Rookie Gus Johnson, who played his college ball at Boise Junior College and the University of Idaho, cements his status as a rising NBA star with 41 points in the Baltimore Bullets’ 127-115 win over ...

The Rugged Rams outplayed mighty Shenendehowa through most of the Section II Class A championship game, but in the end, it was the Suburban Council Plainsmen who rallied for a 17-14 victory over the ...

* Amsterdam, with Bob Opiela, Kenny Engle and Bill Brzezicki, providing the scoring heroics and Joe Nabozny adding the spark, tripped Mineola, 72-61 for a two-game split on the Long Island trip and a ...