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.

In the world

2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 with 239 people on board, vanished during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, setting off a massive and ultimately unsuccessful search.

Today’s birthdays

Musician George Coleman is 89. Actor Sue Ane Langdon is 88. College Football Hall of Famer Pete Dawkins is 86. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is 80. Actor-director-musician Micky Dolenz (The Monkees) is 79. Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Rice is 71. Actor Aidan Quinn is 65. Actor Camryn Manheim is 63. Musician Shawn Mullins is 56. Actor Boris Kodjoe is 51. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. is 48. Actor James Van Der Beek is 47. Musician Tom Chaplin (Keane) is 45. Actor Jessica Collins is 41. Musician Kristinia DeBarge is 34.

— The Associated Press