On this day :

1985 Live Aid concert, 1787 Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance, 1978 Henry Ford II fires Lee Iacocca, 1861 Union routs Rebels at the Battle of Corricks Ford, 1948 Democratic Party platform defends RooseveltTruman foreign policies, 1955 Last woman hanged for murder in Great Britain, 1951 Recordbreaking floods hit Kansas, 1793 Charlotte Corday assassinates Marat, 1943 Largest tank battle in history ends, 1960 Kennedy nominated for presidency, 1990 Ghost opens, 1798 Wordsworth visits Tintern Abbey, 1985 Live Aid is held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia and broadcast live throughout the wo, 1866 Construction begins on Fort Phil Kearny, 1985 Reagans doctors discover possibly cancerous colon polyp, 1930 First World Cup, 2010 Legendary New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner dies, 1968 Rockefeller announces new peace proposal, 1969 Wallace criticizes Nixons handling of the war, 1914 Austrian investigation into archdukes assassination concludes, 1944 Soviet General Konev establishes a new western border for the USSR,