Today in history:

Live Aid concert takes place.

A blackout hit New York City.

Frank Sinatra made his first commercial recording.

John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination.

Deadly rioting against the Civil War military draft erupted in New York City.

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Today in history:

'Disco Demolition' at Comiskey Park.

Rioting erupted in Newark, New Jersey.

The Rolling Stones played their first-ever gig at The Marquee in London.

The Etch A Sketch was first produced by the Ohio Art Co.

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Today in history:

The Hollywood Argyles hit number 1 with 'Alley Oop.'

A Nigeria Airways DC-8 carrying Muslim pilgrims crashed.

 Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom was presented to polio vaccine pioneer Dr. Jonas Salk and to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by President Jimmy Carter.

 "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee was first published.

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Today in history:

U.S. Women's Soccer team wins World Cup.

Boris N. Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic. 

Mel Blanc died in Los Angeles at age 81.

Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk with explosives.

AT&T's Telstar 1 communications satellite was launched.

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Today in history:

Bob Dylan records 'Blowin' in the Wind.'

Jerry Garcia performed for the final time as frontman of the Grateful Dead.

Pan Am Flight 759 crashed in Kenner, Louisiana.

Andy Warhol's exhibit of 32 paintings of Campbell's soup cans opened.

101 people were killed in a train collision in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Today in history:

Bill Withers hit number 1.

Atlantis thundered into orbit.

Roger Federer won his fifth straight Wimbledon championship.

The Roswell Daily Record, quoted officials at Roswell Army Air Field as saying they had recovered a "flying saucer" that crashed onto a ranch.

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Today in history:

London attacked by suicide bombers.

Lt. Col. Oliver North began his public testimony at the Iran-Contra hearing.

President Ronald Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Elvis Presley made his radio debut.

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Today in history:

John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet.

167 North Sea oil workers were killed when explosions and fires destroyed a drilling platform.

 Louis Armstrong died.

"A Hard Day's Night," had its world premiere in London. 

Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title.

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Today in history:

The bikini is introduced.

 Casey Anthony, 25, found not guilty of murder.

Worldwide financial scandal erupted.

Elvis Presley's first commercial recording session took place

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Today in history:

America declares independence.

NASA's Pathfinder spacecraft landed on Mars.

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act.

'Hollister Riot' took place.

Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees delivered his famous farewell speech.

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