TODAY IN HISTORY
Today
is Saturday, July 13, the 194th day of 2019. There are 171 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 13, 1985, “Live Aid,” an international rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney, took place to raise money for Africa’s starving people. On this date:
In 1960, John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at his party’s convention in Los Angeles, outdrawing rivals including Lyndon B. Johnson, Stuart Symington and Adlai Stevenson.
In 1973, former presidential aide Alexander P. Butterfield revealed to Senate Watergate Committee staff members the existence of President Richard Nixon’s secret White House taping system. (Butterfield’s public revelation came three days later.)
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Patrick Stewart is 79. Actor Harrison Ford is 77. Actor-comedian Cheech Marin is 73. Country singer-songwriter Victoria Shaw is 57.
Thought for Today: “Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.” — Carl Sandburg, American writer (1878-1967).