ON THIS DAY 7 13 2023

This Day in History: July 13

Featured Event

1985





The benefit concert Live Aid

was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. Organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, the event drew an estimated 1.5 billion television viewers and raised millions of dollars for famine relief in Ethiopia.


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Featured Biography

Patrick Stewart
British actor




Patrick Stewart, in full Sir Patrick Stewart, (born July 13, 1940, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England), British actor of stage, screen, and television who was perhaps best known for his work on the series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–94) and its related films.
His father served in the military, but Patrick, while his brothers completed military service of their own, began acting onstage at age 12. He performed in playhouses around England before making his London theatrical debut in 1966. The following year he joined the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company, and he made his first Broadway appearance in 1971, as Snout in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.


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