{"id":27653,"date":"2016-07-13T09:39:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T14:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27653"},"modified":"2016-07-13T09:39:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T14:39:40","slug":"today-in-history-220","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27653","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
Today in History: Wednesday, July\u00a0 13, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn July 13, 1967, race-related rioting broke out in Newark, N.J.; 27 people died in four days of violence.
\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AP Photo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
On this date in:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1793<\/td>\nFrench revolutionary writer Jean Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, who was executed four days later.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1863<\/td>\nRioting against the Civil War military draft erupted in New York City; about 1,000 people died over three days.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1923<\/td>\nA sign consisting of 50-foot-tall letters spelling out “HOLLYWOODLAND” was dedicated in the Hollywood Hills to promote a subdivision (the last four letters were removed in 1949)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1930<\/td>\nFrance beat Mexico 4-1 in the first match of soccer’s inaugural World Cup tournament in Montevideo, Uruguay.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1939<\/td>\nFrank Sinatra made his first commercial recording, “From the Bottom of My Heart” and “Melancholy Mood,” with Harry James and his Orchestra for the Brunswick label.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1960<\/td>\nJohn F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Los Angeles.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>\nA 25-hour blackout hit the New York City area after lightning struck upstate power lines.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AP Photo\/Marty Lederhandler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>\nLive Aid, a concert to raise money for Africa’s starving people, was held in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney, Australia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n\n
Actor Patrick Stewart turns 76 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AP Photo\/Evan Agostini<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Name<\/td>\nProfession<\/td>\nAge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harrison Ford<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roger McGuinn<\/td>\nRock singer, musician (The Byrds)<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Didi Conn<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Louise Mandrell<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cameron Crowe<\/td>\nDirector<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Kenny<\/td>\nComedian, voice actor (“SpongeBob SquarePants”<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n\n
Actor-comedian Cheech Marin turns 70 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AP Photo\/Evan Agostini<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today in History: Wednesday, July\u00a0 13, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On July 13, 1967, race-related rioting broke out in Newark, N.J.; 27 people died… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6132],"tags":[106,103,6131],"class_list":["post-27653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-today","tag-fort-hays-state-university","tag-tiger-media-network","tag-today-in-history"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27654,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27653\/revisions\/27654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}