Today in Beatles History: August 21

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on August 21. **

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

1961
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club, Liverpool - a lunchtime
show.

1963
The Beatles perform at the Gaumont Cinema, Bournemouth.

1963
Release in Sweden of Beatles single "She Loves You/I'll Get You"
(Parlophone). Fourteen weeks in the Swedish charts; highest
position #1.

1964
The Beatles give a 29-minute performance for 14,720 fans at the
Coliseum in Seattle, Washington.

1965
The Beatles, on tour in North America, perform one show at
Metropolitan Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for a crowd of
25,000.

1966
The Beatles, on their last tour of the US, perform in two cities
due to a cancellation due to rain the previous day. First they
perform at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. Then they fly to St.
Louis, Missouri, for a concert at Busch Stadium, where they must
perform under a tarpaulin due to heavy rain.

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Numerous overdubs (including another John Lennon lead
vocal, backing vocals, organ, bass, and tambourine) bring "***y
Sadie" to completion. George Harrison, who returned from Greece on
this day, may not have been at the recording session.

[P] 1969
Paul McCartney changes the name of his company from Adagrose Ltd.
to McCartney Productions Ltd. (MPL).

[P] 1978
US release of Wings single "London Town/I'm Carrying" (Capitol).

1978
US re-release of Beatles LP "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
(Capitol Limited E***ion). Picture disc.

1978
US re-release of Beatles double LP "The Beatles" (Capitol Limited
E***ion). White vinyl discs.

1978
US re-release of Beatles compilation double LP "The Beatles
1962-1966" (Capitol Limited E***ion). Red vinyl discs.

1978
US re-release of Beatles compilation double LP "The Beatles
1967-1970" (Capitol Limited E***ion). Blue vinyl discs.

[O] 1997
Suffolk County News Desk reports that Marie and Mike Power, owners
of a restaurant called "Sgt. Pepper's", are planning to expand
their Beatles-theme restaurants throughout East Anglia and then,
the world. They plan to franchise the restaurants, and they report
that they have already received dozens of inquiries.



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