JULY 13
1978:Chairman Henry Ford II of the Ford Motor Company fires President Lee Iacocca after years of conflict between the two men. Iacocca quickly becomes president and CEO of the struggling Chrysler Corporation, which he leads from the brink of bankruptcy to multibillion-dollar profits.
1863: The worst riots in American history break out in New York City, where working-class rioters protest the Civil War draft and those wealthy men able to avoid military service by paying a $300 commutation fee. Estimates of the death toll over three days of rioting range from 105 to more than 1,000.
1985: Irish singer Bob Geldof's charity music event, Live Aid, attracts more than 150,000 attendees and 1.5 billion television viewers to concerts in Philadelphia, London, Sydney and Moscow. The performances last over 16 hours and raise $250 million to help victims of the famine in Ethiopia and Sudan.
1923:The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood.
1814:The Carabinieri is established in Italy
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