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Today In The Beatles History:
1962
Performance at the Queen's Hall, Widnes, with Billy Kramer with the Coasters, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes and Sonny Kaye and the Reds.
1963
5:00-5:29pm. BBC's "Pop Go The Beatles" broadcast (recorded September 3, 1963; 5:00-7:30pm).
Concert at the Queen's Theatre, Blackpool.
1964
Concert at the Municipal Stadium, Kansas City.
1965
UK single release: "That Means A Lot"/"My Prayer" (Liberty 10215), with P. J. Proby.
1966
"Yellow Submarine", 6th week in the Top 30 (US Billboard).
Yesterday... And Today, 13th and last week in the Top 30 (US Billboard).
Revolver number 1, sixth week (UK Record Retailer).
Revolver number 1, second week (US Billboard).
1967
Approximate date of Brian's trip from Toronto to California, according to his planned itinerary.
1968
Studio 2. 7:00pm-5:00am. Mono mixing: "Helter Skelter" (remix 1, from take 21). Recording: "I Will" (overdub onto take 68). Tape copying: "Cry Baby Cry" (of take 12 into take 13). Producer: Chris Thomas; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Mike Sheady.
Copy of "Cry Baby Cry" for future use in 8-track tapes, never done.
1969
News on both sides of the Atlantic began running stories that Paul McCartney was dead. He was supposedly killed in a car accident in Scotland on November 9th, 1966 and that a double had been taking his place for public appearances. In fact, Paul and Jane Asher were on vacation in Kenya at the time.
1974
In Los Angeles, Ringo announces that he will spend the next 12 months campaigning against drugs used by young people.
1975
Wings perform in concert at the Hammersmith Odeon ("Wings World Tour").
From his home in Los Angeles, George is interviewed by DJ Dave Herman, to promote his newest album Extra Texture (Read All About It).
1976
Sid Bernstein, promoter for the New York Beatles concerts, takes out a full-page ad in the "New York Herald Tribune" to have the Beatles reunite for a charity concert.
UK album release: Ringo's Rotogravure (Polydor 2302 040).
1980
Advanced text of John's "Newsweek" article reaches the news wires. "Playboy" is not thrilled with this event and John agrees to give a detailed look into the Beatles' song catalogue.
The Beatles Ballads number 17 (UK Record Retailer).
1982
In the US, Westwood One broadcasts the tribute program "John Lennon: Rock And Roll Never Forgets".
1983
Part 16 of "Ringo's Yellow Submarine" series on the ABC Radio Network.
New York's Museum of Broadcasting showcase Beatles achieve clips documentary "The Beatles Early Days" and several other films from the museum's personal collection, including the "Ed Sullivan Show" appearances and excerpts from their Washington, D.C. concert on February 11, 1964.
1984
The "Art Of The Beatles" Exhibition, portraying 30 years of the group in the form of cartoons, paintings, photographs, album covers, lithographs and sculptures, continues.
In the UK, Part Two of the American TV film "Princess Daisy" airs across the ITV network.
1987
The "Beatle City" exhibition runs at the West End marketplace in Dallas, Texas.
1988
At the NFT (National Film Theatre) in London, a celebration honoring Handmade Films. All of Handmade films are shown from "Monty Python's Meaning Of Life" to the current release, "Track 29".
Yoko appears on the chat show "Aspel & Company" to promote "Imagine: John Lennon" (recorded September 15, 1988).
In the US, the program "West 57" airs a feature on Albert Goldman's book "The Lives Of John Lennon".
1991
Paul and Linda arrive in Hamburg to prepare for the world premiere of the live concert film "Get Back".
1999
The remastered version of the Beatles' 1964 film "A Hard Day's Night" is simultaneously released in the UK and select theaters in New York and Los Angeles.
2013
Album release: Take Me To The Land Of Hell (Chimera Music).
In Los Angeles, the exhibition "The Early Beatles Collection," featuring images taken by Astrid Kirchherr, runs at the Leica Gallery. Images include pictures taken during the filming of "A Hard Day's Night" in 1964 for Stern Magazine, as well as some of the images she took of the musicians during their Hamburg, Germany, period in 1960.
The exhibit Linda McCartney retrospective is displayed at the Kunst Haus Wien in Vienna, Austria. The new exhibition is the first comprehensive retrospective of Linda McCartney’s work featuring 190 of her iconic photographs.
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