Today is Saturday, July 13, the 195th day of the yr 2024. There are 171 days left within the yr.
Today’s highlight of the story:
On July 13, 1985, the “Live Aid” charity rock live shows took place concurrently in London and Philadelphia, raising hundreds of thousands for famine relief in Ethiopia.
Also on this date:
In 1793, French politician, physician and journalist Jean-Paul Marat was assassinated by Charlotte Corday, who stabbed him to death in his bathroom.
In 1863, deadly riots against the Civil War draft broke out in New York City. (The riot was crushed three days later.)
In 1923, an indication bearing the 50-foot-high letters “HOLLYWOODLAND” was unveiled within the Hollywood Hills to advertise the division of the neighborhood (the last 4 letters were removed in 1949).
The first FIFA World Cup took place in Uruguay in 1930.
In 1960, John F. Kennedy won the presidential nomination in the primary round of voting on the Democratic Party Convention in Los Angeles.
In 1973, former presidential adviser Alexander P. Butterfield revealed to the staff of the Senate Watergate Committee the existence of President Richard Nixon's secret White House recording system.
In 1999, Angel Maturino Resendiz, suspected of being the “Railroad Killer,” turned himself in in El Paso, Texas.
In 2013, a Florida jury acquitted volunteer neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman of all charges related to the shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager whose killing sparked a heated debate about racial profiling, self-defense and equal rights.
In 2018, special counsel Robert Mueller alleged in a grand jury indictment that the Russian government was behind a broad conspiracy to interfere within the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
In 2020, Washington's NFL franchise dropped the “Redskins” name and logo under pressure from sponsors; the move followed many years of criticism that the name and logo were offensive to Native Americans. (The team was eventually renamed the “Commanders.”)
Today's birthdays:
- Game show announcer Johnny Gilbert (TV: “Jeopardy!”) is 96.
- Author and Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka is 90.
- Actor Patrick Stewart is 84.
- Actor Harrison Ford is 82.
- Singer and guitarist Roger McGuinn (The Byrds) is 82.
- The inventor of the Rubik's Cube, Erno Rubik, is 80.
- Actor and comedian Cheech Marin is 78.
- Actress Daphne Maxwell Reid is 76.
- Sports journalist and talk show host Tony Kornheiser is 76.
- Actor Didi Conn is 73.
- Actor Gil Birmingham is 71.
- Singer Louise Mandrell is 70.
- Former world boxing champion Michael Spinks is 68.
- Actor and director Cameron Crowe is 67.
- Comedian Tom Kenny is 62.
- Actor Ken Jeong is 55.
- Singer Deborah Cox is 50.
- Actress Aya Cash is 42.
- Former St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is 42.
- Actor Colton Haynes is 36.
- Actor Steven R. McQueen is 36.
- Soul singer Leon Bridges is 35.
- Actress Hayley Erin (TV: “General Hospital”) is 30.
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