What happend on 13th July

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2005

Three trains collide in the Ghotki rail crash in Ghotki, Pakistan, killing over 150 people.

2002

A lighting strike sets off the Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which had burned 499,570 acres (2,020 km2) when finally contained on September 5.

1996

A Garuda Indonesia Airways DC-10 crashes on take-off from Fukuoka Airport, Japan, killing 3 passengers.

1985

The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow.

1982

Montreal hosts the first baseball All-Star Game outside the United States.

1978

Ford Motor Company President Lee Iacocca is fired by chairman Henry Ford II, ending a long dispute between the men.

1977

The New York City Blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours and results in looting and other disorder.

1973

Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the Nixon tapes to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in.

1972

The United States Democratic Party nominates George McGovern for president at its convention in Miami Beach, Florida but, because of an impassioned platform dispute, McGovern does not give his acceptance speech until the early morning hours of the 14th.

1948

The Coptic and Ethiopian Churches reach an agreement leading to the promotion of the Ethiopian church to the rank of an autocephalous Patriarchate. Five bishops are immediately consecrated by the Patriarch of Alexandria, who are empowered to elect a new Patriarch for their church, and the successor to Abuna Qerellos IV is granted the power to consecrate new bishops.