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The Concert for Bangladesh (or Bangla Desh, as the country's name was originally spelt) [1] was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The shows were held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to raise international ...
Live Aid was a multi-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The original event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.
New York City Pier 84 August 15, 1984 ... Live Aid As Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ... New York United Nations General Assembly November 20, 1989
Fuller, Turner, Slattery, and Walsh [ 3] The headquarters of the United Nations (UN) is on 17 to 18 acres (6.9 to 7.3 ha) of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd Street to the south, 48th Street to the north, and the East River to the east. [ 4]
The performance at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium in 1985 is often regarded [7] as Queen's greatest single live performance. Their set lasted 21 minutes and consisted of a version of " Bohemian Rhapsody " (ballad section and guitar solo) slightly sped up in lyrics, " Radio Ga Ga ", a crowd singalong, " Hammer to Fall ", " Crazy Little Thing Called ...
New York, New York, U.S. Map of New York City Police Department Auxiliary Police's jurisdiction: Size: 468.9 square miles (1,214.4 km 2) Population: 8,274,527: Legal jurisdiction: New York City: Operational structure; Headquarters: Auxiliary Police Section 120-55 Queens Boulevard Kew Gardens, NY 11424: Auxiliary Police Officers: 3,700+ Police ...
Hakeem Sekou Jeffries ( / ˌhɑːˈkiːm / hah-KEEM; born August 4, 1970 [ 2]) is an American politician and attorney who has served as House Minority Leader and Leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023. He has been the U.S. representative for New York's 8th congressional district since 2013 and was a member of the New York State ...
The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer, the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1608 and New Amsterdam was founded in 1624. The "Sons of Liberty" campaigned against British authority in New York City, and the Stamp Act Congress of representatives from ...