1985: Live Aid concert
On July 13, 1985, at Wembley Stadium in London, Prince Charles and Princess Diana help inaugurate Live Aid, a worldwide rock concert organized to raise money for the relief of famine-stricken Africans. Continued at several stadiums around the world, the 16-hour superconcert was globally linked by satellite to over a billion viewers in 169 nations. Many of the world's top pop artists, including
Madonna, David Bowie, and Phil Collins, performed at the event, which ended with a performance of We Are the World, a hit song released earlier that year to benefit African hunger relief. The event, which was the brainchild of rock singer Bob Geldof, raised nearly $100 million for agricultural and technical assistance to Africa.
1997
Diana, Princess of Wales is criticised in the British media for taking her children with her on holiday in St Tropez as a guest of Dodi Al Fayed.1992
Yitzhak Rabin becomes Prime Minister of
Israel. 1986
Commonwealth Games Committee bans South African-born athlete Zola Budd from running for England.1985
Two simultaneous 'Live Aid' concerts - in London, England and Philadelphia, USA raise more than £50m for the victims of famine in Africa.1977
Police arrest more than 4,000 looters during a massive blackout caused by a power failure in the city of New York.1974
West
Germany win football's World Cup beating Holland 2-1 in the final.
1960
In America,
John F Kennedy wins the Democratic Party's nomination in the run for the Presidency - beating Senator Lyndon Johnson.
1955
Nightclub hostess
Ruth Ellis becomes last woman to be hanged in
Britain - executed at Holloway Prison for the murder of her lover David Blakely.
1943
World War II: The greatest
tank battle in history ends in defeat for Germany - defeated by Russian forces at Kursk, south of Moscow. More than 6,000 tanks are involved in the battle - at least 2,900
German tanks are destroyed.
1939
American singer Frank Sinatra makes his first record - From the Bottom of My Heart.1930
The first football World Cup kicks off in Montevideo,
Uruguay - with a total of 13 countries taking part. The first match is between
France and Mexico.
1922
France II, the world's largest sailing vessel, is wrecked off the coast of New
Caledonia. 1919
British airship R34 lands back in Norfolk, England after making the first round trip across the Atlantic to the United States and back again.1908
The first Olympic Games to be held in Britain are opened by
Edward VII at
White City in London.
1865
Edward Whymper becomes the first man to climb the Matterhorn - at his 7th attempt. Three of his climbing companions are killed during the descent.1837
Queen Victoria becomes the first British monarch to live at
Buckingham Palace in London.
1643
English Civil War: An early success for
Royalist forces with a victory over Parliamentary Army at Roundway Down.
