What Happened Today In Music, July 13th 1985 Live Aid, benefit concert organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia was played simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London, UK, attended by about 72,000 people and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, US, attended by 89,484 people. On the same day, concerts inspired by the initiative were held in other countries, such as the Soviet Union, Canada, Japan, Yugoslavia, Austria, Australia and West Germany. It was one of the largest satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time; an estimated audience of 1.9 billion, in 150 nations, watched the live broadcast, nearly 40 percent of the world population. British Band Aid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmj7KlIut1w USA For Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3wNuru4U0I #TodayInMusic