Historical Highlights: Ali's Triumph and Tragic Train Collision

On October 30, notable events include Muhammad Ali's victory in the 'Rumble in the Jungle' and a deadly train crash in Chicago.

In 1974, Muhammad Ali regained his world heavyweight title by defeating George Foreman in the 'Rumble in the Jungle' in Kinshasa, Congo.
A tragic train collision in 1972 on Chicago's South Side resulted in the deaths of 45 people when an Illinois Central Gulf commuter train was struck from behind.
The Soviet Union tested the 'Tsar Bomba' in 1961, the most powerful hydrogen bomb ever detonated, with a force over 3,500 times that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
In 2005, civil rights icon Rosa Parks became the first woman to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
The Boston Red Sox clinched their third World Series title in a decade in 2013, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6 at Fenway Park.