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