Today in Beatles History: November 9

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on November 9. **

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[B] Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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[B] 1960
The Beatles perform at the Kaiserkeller Club, Grosse Freiheit,
Hamburg, West Germany.

[B] 1961
The Beatles perform at the Cavern Club at lunchtime. That night
they appear at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool (their final
performance at that venue). This is a major day for The Beatles,
although they are unaware of it at the time--in the audience at the
Cavern Club show is Brian Epstein, dressed in his pin-stripe suit
and seeing The Beatles for the first time. Accompanying Epstein is
his assistant Alistair Taylor. Epstein will recall his first
impressions in a 1964 interview: "They were fresh and they were
honest, and they had…star quality. Whatever that is, they had it,
or I sensed that they had it." Over the next few weeks, Epstein
becomes more and more interested in possibly managing The Beatles,
and he does a lot of research into just exactly what that would
entail. When he speaks with the group's embittered ex-manager
Allan Williams, he is told, "Brian, don't touch 'em with a fucking
bargepole." Nonetheless, Epstein invites The Beatles to a meeting
at his record store on December 3.

[B] 1962
The Beatles perform at the Star-Club, Hamburg, West Germany.

[B] 1963
The Beatles, continuing on their tour of Britain, perform at the
Granada Cinema in East Ham, London. Backstage, before the first of
their two shows, George Martin informs The Beatles that their
upcoming single "I Want to Hold Your Hand" looks likely to sell one
million copies in advance of its release. This will, in fact,
occur, the first time in the UK that a record notched up sales of
over one million copies in advance of its release.

[B] 1964
The Beatles, on a tour of Britain, perform at City Hall in
Sheffield.

[J] 1966
John Lennon attends a special preview of an exhibition by artist
Yoko Ono about to open at the Indica Gallery in London. The
exhibition's title is "Unfinished Painting and Objects by Yoko
Ono". John and Yoko meet for the first time. They are introduced
by gallery owner John Dunbar.

[J] 1967
"Rolling Stone" magazine publishes its first issue. On the cover
is a photo of John Lennon costumed for his film role as Private
Gripweed in the movie "How I Won the War".

[B] 1968
"Hey Jude" is the #1 single in the US for the seventh week in a
row.

[J] 1993
US re-release of John Lennon/Yoko Ono single "Happy Xmas (War is
Over)/Listen, the Snow Is Falling" on green vinyl (Capitol/CEMA).