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Monday, July 15, 2013

July 13 - The Day in History

July 13 : General Interest
985: Live Aid concert

On July 13, 19s85, at Wembley Stadium in London, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Live Aid, a worldwide rock concert organized to raise money for the relief of famine-stricken Africans.. read more


American Revolution
1787 : Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-enacts-the-northwest-ordinance

Automotive
1978 : Henry Ford II fires Lee Iacocca
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-ford-ii-fires-lee-iacocca

Civil War
1861 : Union routs Rebels at the Battle of Corrick's Ford
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-corricks-ford

Cold War
1948 : Democratic Party platform defends Roosevelt-Truman foreign policies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/democratic-party-platform-defends-roosevelt-truman-foreign-policies

Crime
1955 : Last woman hanged for murder in Great Britain
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/last-woman-hanged-for-murder-in-great-britain

Disaster
1951 : Record-breaking floods hit Kansas
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/record-breaking-floods-hit-kansas

General Interest
1793 : Charlotte Corday assassinates Marat
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/charlotte-corday-assassinates-marat
1943 : Largest tank battle in history ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/largest-tank-battle-in-history-ends
1960 : Kennedy nominated for presidency
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-nominated-for-presidency

Hollywood
1990 : Ghost opens
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ghost-opens

Literary
1798 : Wordsworth visits Tintern Abbey
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wordsworth-visits-tintern-abbey

Music
1985 : Live Aid is held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia and broadcast live throughout the world
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/live-aid-is-held-simultaneously-in-london-and-philadelphia-and-broadcast-live-throughout-the-world

Old West
1866 : Construction begins on Fort Phil Kearny
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/construction-begins-on-fort-phil-kearny

Presidential
1985 : Reagan's doctors discover possibly cancerous colon polyp
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reagans-doctors-discover-possibly-cancerous-colon-polyp

Sports
1930 : First World Cup
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-world-cup
2010 : Legendary New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/legendary-new-york-yankees-owner-george-steinbrenner-dies

Vietnam War
1968 : Rockefeller announces new peace proposal
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rockefeller-announces-new-peace-proposal
1969 : Wallace criticizes Nixon's handling of the war
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wallace-criticizes-nixons-handling-of-the-war

World War I
1914 : Austrian investigation into archduke's assassination concludes
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/austrian-investigation-into-archdukes-assassination-concludes

World War II
1944 : Soviet General Konev establishes a new western border for the USSR
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviet-general-konev-establishes-a-new-western-border-for-the-ussr


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