July 13 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for July 13
In the headlines today:

2002	The orphaned Orca whale "Springer" is transported on a 350-mile journey from Washington State to her native waters in Canada, aboard a 144-foot catamaran.
1985	Live Aid, a televised rock concert with simultaneous performances in London, Moscow, Philadelphia, and Sydney, raises funds for starving Africans.
1982	major league baseball's All-Star Game is played outside the US for the first time (Montreal, Canada).
1978	Ford Motor Company chairman Henry Ford II fires president Lee Iacocca. (Lee would have the last laugh, as he went on to rebuild Ford competitor Chrysler Motors.
1969	The USSR launches the Luna 15 probe to gather samples of lunar soil.
1960	John F. Kennedy garners his party's presidential nomination at the Democratic national convention in Los Angeles. (photo credit: NARA)
1911	Edward, the Duke of Windsor, is invested as the Prince of Wales.
1900	Allied troops take Tientsin, China, during the Boxer Rebellion.
1881	Billy the Kid is shot and killed in Ft. Sumner, New Mexico.
1836	The US Patent Office begins to issue numbered patents.
1785	Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies.
1772	Captain James Cook sails from Plymouth, England, on his second voyage of discovery.
1771	Captain James Cook returns to England, ending his first voyage of discovery.