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13th July 1985: Live Aid is watched by 1.9 billion people

13th July 2021
Tagged as: America, Britain, Charity, Concert, England, Ethiopia, Music, Satellite, USA

At 12 noon on the 13^th July 1985, an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion people tuned in to watch Live Aid, the “global jukebox” broadcast live from Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia.

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20th February 1959: Jimi Hendrix plays his first gig (and gets fired)

20th February 2021
Tagged as: America, Concert, Culture, Entertainment, Guitar, Music, Seattle, USA

On the 20^th February 1959, Jimi Hendrix played his first ever live concert – and got fired from the band after the first set.

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13th July 1985: Live Aid is watched by 1.9 billion people

20th February 1959: Jimi Hendrix plays his first gig (and gets fired)

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

24th May 1943: Josef Mengele, the Nazi Angel of Death, transferred to Auschwitz

23rd May 1915: Italy enters the First World War on the side of the Triple Entente and declares war on Austria-Hungary

22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent

21st May 1927 and 1932: Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic, followed five years later by Emilia Earhart as the first woman

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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