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Updated Feb. 7, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. On this day in 1964, the Beatles landed in New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport to start their first U.S. tour — it would change the music industry forever. Why did the Beatles visit New York in 1964? The Beatles visited New York in 1964 for their first […]
Updated Dec. 8, 2023 at 12:15 p.m. A deranged fan shot and killed former Beatles member John Lennon outside of his apartment on the upper West Side of New York City on this day 43 years ago. Lennon’s death shocked the world, and seemed to put a definitive end to the 1960s and 1970s idealist […]
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On This Day – October 5
WILL UK JOIN ANTI-ISIS COALITION?All eyes will be on Westminster today, where the House of Commons will vote on what the British media are calling the “third Iraq war.” Members are expected to support the the anti-ISIS coalition with strikes in Iraq, though Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said these might be extended to Syria in […]