former top aide to President Richard Nixon, and
three others were convicted of conspiring to violate a citizen’s
civil rights. Ehrlichman had approved a recommendation for
a covert investigation of Daniel Ellsberg in 1971 by writing
on a memo: "If done under your assurance that it is
not traceable."
Massive
New York City protests decrying the first-ever wartime
draft lottery led to a bloody riot as a mob of 50,000
burned buildings (including the Colored Orphan Asylum
on Fifth Avenue), stores and draft offices, and attacked
police. Some clubbed, lynched, and shot large numbers
of blacks, whom they blamed for the war.
The first Live Aid concert raised $75 million for agricultural
and technical assistance to Africa
Boomtown Rats singer Bob
Geldof
The
Republic of Ireland (Éire) gave the most donations
per capita, despite being in the throes of a serious economic
depression at the time. The single largest donation (£1m)
came from the ruling family of Dubai
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