The Day history

1925 Film producer and co-founder of Walt Disney Productions Walt Disney (23) weds Lillian Bounds (26) at Lewiston's Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Lewiston, Idaho

1930 1st-ever football World Cup competition begins in Uruguay

But he would go on to be hailed as the “Voice of the Century”.July 13, 1939 France Celebrates Bastille Day July 14 is Bastille Day, marking the fall in 1789 of the massive Paris fortress, the start of the French Revolution and the end of the country’s monarchy.July 14, 1789

1944 : President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that he would accept a nomination to run for president of the United States for the fourth time.

1949 Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Jones (30) weds "Rebecca" film producer David O. Selznick (47) in Beverly Hills, California

1967 : Following periods of extremely hot weather reaching 103 degrees large areas of Nebraska were without power due to failure of key components for up to 5 hrs.

1979 Kiribati, formerly the Gilbert Islands, gained its independence from the United Kingdom.

1984 Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale became the first major-party candidate to choose a woman as a running mate when he announced his choice of Geraldine Ferraro.

1985 "Live Aid" concerts held at both Wembley Stadium (London) and John F. Kennedy Stadium (Philadelphia) raises over $70 million for African famine relief

1987 : Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke and his Labour party won for a third term in office.

1998 : The worlds most famous three tenors sing at the world cup open-air concert in Paris with a crowd of 100,000 people gathered around the Eiffel Tower.

2005 : Hurricane Dennis the first major hurricane of the season strikes the northern Florida coast near Pensacola Beach, Florida with a storm surge of 15 ft and cuts power for over 1/ million in Florida and Alabama.