Boxing in the 1950s beaten by Pérez), won Japan's first world title, and Hogan Bassey won the first belt for Nigeria. Popular American fighters in the 1950s proved legendary: Sugar Ray Robinson would still win (and lose) world titles, Rocky Marciano became the only heavyweight world champion in history to retire with perfect record. Jersey Joe Walcott the oldest heavyweight champion (until George Foreman regained the title in 1994), Archie Moore broke the all-time knockout record as well as the record for the oldest champion, at 48, for "any" division, Ezzard Charles proved to be a reliable substitute for Joe Louis as heavyweight champ,
Effects of Hurricane Floyd in New Jersey saturated soils knocked down many trees across North Jersey, causing outages to utilities. About 37,000 homes lost phone service for four days, and nearly 1 million people lost long-distance phone service. Urban flooding closed roads and entered basements. Two people drowned in their cars in Bergen County. Two people also drowned in Passaic County. A police lieutenant in Cranford in Union County took his life after working for nearly 48 hours coordinating floodwater rescues. In Morris County, strong winds knocked down hundreds of trees, which damaged dozens of homes. This was some of the worst wind damage in the state.