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This Day in History:
July 13, 2005
Ramesh C. Reddy
Publisher
July 13, 1905: 100 years ago
Pittsburgh Pirates beat the
Brooklyn Dodgers, 5-3 at Washington Park III.
Source:
http://www.baseballLibrary.com
July 13, 1930: 75 years ago
The first World Cup football tournament
kicked off in Uruguay.
Source:
http://www.andibradley.com/whatya/jul13.htm
July 13, 1955: 50 years ago
Nightclub hostess Ruth
Ellis became the last woman hanged in Britain at Holloway Prison for the
murder of lover David Blakely.
Source:
http://www.andibradley.com/whatya/jul13.htm
July 13, 1980: 25 years ago
George
Bush says he's interested in VP spot on Republican ticket.
Source:
http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id101.htm
July 13, 1985: 20 years ago
The Live Aid
concert for African famine relief took place simultaneously in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and London, England.
Source:
http://www.andibradley.com/whatya/jul13.htm
July 13, 1990: 15 years ago
Soviet President Mikhail
Gorbachev closed the Communist Party's 28th congress by saying he would
welcome Western aid without political strings.
Source:
http://www.andibradley.com/whatya/jul13.htm
July 13, 1995: 10 years ago
About 2,500 employees at
Detroit's daily newspapers went on strike.
Source:
http://www.andibradley.com/whatya/jul13.htm
July 13, 2000: 5 years ago
Fellow Democrat Bill Bradley
endorsed Vice President Al Gore for president, four months after
conceding their fight for the White House.
Source:
http://timelines.ws/days/07_13.HTML
July 13, 2004: 1 year ago
Ken Jennings (30), a software engineer from SLC, crossed the $1
million mark in a 30-game winning streak on Jeopardy.
Source:
http://timelines.ws/days/07_13.HTML
Compiled by Ramesh C. Reddy
Religious History:
1815 - President John Adams wrote in a letter:
'The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I
were an atheist,... I should still believe fate had ordained the Jews to
be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.'
Source: William D. Blake.
ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
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