On Oct. 30, 1974, Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a 15-round bout in Kinshasa, Zaire, known as the “Rumble in the Jungle,” to regain his world heavyweight title
Today’s Highlight in History:In 1912, Vice President James S. Sherman, running for a second term of office with President William Howard Taft, died six days before Election Day.In 1945, the U.S. government announced the end of shoe rationing, effective at midnight.
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In 2001, Ukraine destroyed its last nuclear missile silo, fulfilling a pledge to give up the vast nuclear arsenal it had inherited after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
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