Tag: 1985

On This Day 31 Years Ago – Live Aid makes £30 million for Africa

On: By: Philip Wake
On 13th July 1985 the transatlantic Live Aid concert in aid of the starving people in Africa raised three times the expected £10 million! It started at noon in Wembley Stadium in London in bright sunshine with a fanfare for Prince Charles and Princess Diana followed by Status Quo performing Rocking All over the World. Stars were flown in by helicopter into the arena in a line-up that included David Bowie, Wham and royal favourites Dire Straits. At 5pm they linked up with JFK Stadium in Read more [...]

On This Day 31 Years Ago – Boris Becker wins Wimbledon at 17!

On: By: Philip Wake
On 7th July 1985 Boris Becker became the youngest ever player to win the Wimbledon tennis tournament at the age of 17. He was also the first German ever to win the title and the first unseeded player. Boris Becker won the Wimbledon men's singles championship again the following year and for a third time in 1989. He won a total of six grand slam titles in his career and in 1991 was ranked world number one at the age of 23.   Read more [...]

On This Day 31 Years Ago – No more kicks on Route 66 for Nat King Cole!

On: By: Philip Wake
On 27th June 1985 the iconic Route 66 entered the realm of history after 59 years of fame because the American Association of State Highway and Transportation decertified the road and resolved to remove all its highway signs. According to a New York Times article about its decertification, most of Route 66 followed a path through the wilderness forged in 1857 by US Navy Lieutenant Edward Beale at the head of a caravan of camels. Over the years wagon trains and cattle drives eventually Read more [...]