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Live Aid concert raises $127 million for famine relief in Africa
This day in History: 1985 - At Wembley Stadium in London, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Live Aid, a worldwide rock...
Althea Gibson is first African American to win Wimbledon
This day in History: 1957 - Althea Gibson claims the women’s singles tennis title at Wimbledon and becomes the first African American to...
FDR signs G.I. Bill
This day in History - 1944: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill, an unprecedented act of legislation designed to...
King John puts his seal on Magna Carta
This day in History: 1215 - Following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule, King John puts his royal seal on Magna Carta, or...
James Earl Ray, suspect in Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination, is arrested
This day in History: 1968 - James Earl Ray, an escaped American convict, is arrested in London, England, and charged with the...
CNN launches
This day in History: 1980 - CNN (Cable News Network), the world’s first 24-hour television news network, makes its debut. The network...
Pope John Paul II born
This day in History: 1920 - Karol Jozef Wojtyla is born in the Polish town of Wadowice, 35 miles southwest of Krakow. Wojtyla went on to...
Dust storm sweeps from Great Plains across Eastern states
This day in History: 1934 - A massive storm sends millions of tons of topsoil flying from across the parched Great Plains region of the...
National Guard kills four students in Kent State shootings
This day in History: 1970 - In Kent, Ohio, 28 National Guardsmen fire their weapons at a group of anti-war demonstrators on the Kent...
Universe is created, according to Kepler
This day in History: 4977 BC - The universe is created, according to German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler, considered a...
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