The charity single ‘We Are the World’ was released on this date in 1985. The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and performed by nearly 50 singers.
The charity single ‘We Are the World’ was released on this date in 1985. The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and performed by nearly 50 singers.
Headline in history: Voting rights marchers were attacked by state troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in 1965, a day that became known as “Bloody Sunday.”
On this date:
1876: Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone.
1936: Adolf Hitler orders German troops into the Rhineland.
1979: Voyager 1 reaches Jupiter.
1985: “We Are the World” is released; the charity single was recorded by supergroup USA for Africa.
2024: Sweden officially joins NATO.
Born on this day:
Maurice Ravel, French composer, pianist, conductor (1875)
Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter guitarist (1944)
Bryan Cranston, American actor (1956)
Amanda Gorman, American poet, activist (1998)
Quote: “The only love affair I have ever had was with music.” — Maurice Ravel
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