Today in History: Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali in ‘Fight of the Century’

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Today is Friday, March 8, the 68th day of 2024. There are 298 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 8, 1971, in the first of three fights between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, Frazier defeated Ali by decision in what was billed as “The Fight of the Century” at Madison Square Garden in New York. On this date: In 1618, German astronomer Johannes Kepler devised his third law of planetary motion. In 1817, the New York Stock & Exchange Board, which had its beginnings in 1792, was formally organized; it later became known as the...