The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Moscow and Sydney. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Aid’]
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12 July 1776
Captain James Cook begins his third voyage. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_voyage_of_James_Cook’]
11 July 1848
Waterloo railway station in London opens. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Waterloo_station’]
10 July 1943
Operation Husky begins in Sicily [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily’]
9 July 1816
Argentina declares independence from Spain. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_Declaration_of_Independence’]
8 July 1889
The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal’]
7 July 1980
The Institution of sharia law in Iran. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia’]
6 July 1560
The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Edinburgh’]
5 July 1934
“Bloody Thursday”: Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_West_Coast_waterfront_strike’]
4 July 1881
In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_University’]