July 11

•   1969: David Bowie releases Space Oddity as an ode to American space travel to the moon

July 13

•   1985: Live Aid, a concert to benefit world hunger, takes place at Wembley Stadium in England and at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia

July 17

•   1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience opens for The Monkees at N.Y.’s Forest Hills Tennis Stadium