This Day In Our History

1878 The Balkans is re-organised with Serbia, Montenegro and Romania gaining independence from the Ottoman Empire as the Treaty of Berlin is signed.

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1930: The inaugural Football World Cup kicks off in Uruguay, with the hosts winning the final 4-2 against Argentina.


On 26 May 1928, at a meeting in Amsterdam, the Fifa congress decided that a new tournament open to all its members should be played.

A year later in Barcelona it was agreed that Uruguay, the Olympic champions and the era's footballing superpower, should celebrate 100 years of independence by hosting the first World Cup.

That they went on to win it made their celebrations complete.

Only 13 nations took part in the inaugural tournament, with a majority of nine coming from South America.

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1985 Live Aid Concert



On 13 July 1985, at Wembley Stadium in London, Prince Charles and Princess Diana help inaugurate Live Aid, a worldwide rock concert organised to raise money for the relief of famine-stricken Africans. Continued at several stadiums around the world, the 16-hour super concert was globally linked by satellite to over a billion viewers in 169 nations. Many of the world’s top pop artists, including Madonna, David Bowie and Phil Collins, performed at the event, which ended with a performance of We Are the World, a hit song released earlier that year to benefit African hunger relief. The event, which was the brainchild of rock singer Bob Geldof, raised nearly $100 million for agricultural and technical assistance to Africa.


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Today's Trivia Question

In America, John F Kennedy wins the Democratic Party’s nomination to run for the Presidency. But what year was it?

If you think you know the answer please leave a comment or email me at purplecards@googlemail.com and I'll give you a mention in tomorrow's blog post!

Again, no-one guessed the correct answer to yesterday's Trivia Question.

The answer was BILL SHANKLY

Better luck next time!