Today in Beatles History: June 23

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on June 23. **

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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1940
Stuart Sutcliffe is born in Edinburgh, Scotland. (875)

1960
The Silver Beetles perform at the Institute, Neston, Wirral. (1420)

1961
The Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West
Germany. (1198)

1962
The Beatles perform at (Victory) Memorial Hall, Northwich,
Cheshire. Northwich is 25 miles southeast of Liverpool, and the
promoter (Lewis Buckley) booked dances all over Britain, so The
Beatles hoped to make an impressive appearance. (1478)

1963
The Beatles tape an appearance on the ABC Television program "Lucky
Stars - Summer Spin" at Alpha Television Studios in Birmingham.
This program is the summer title for "Thank Your Lucky Stars".
This entire e***ion is devoted to the "Mersey Beat" boom, featuring
The Beatles and the Liverpool acts that had followed them into
stardom. The Beatles top the bill, doing lip-sync performances of
"From Me to You" and "I Saw Her Standing There". Broadcast on June
29, conflicting with the broadcast of the pre-taped "Juke Box Jury"
show on which John Lennon appears. (1827)

1964
The Beatles, on their first world tour, perform two shows at Town
Hall, Wellington, New Zealand. (2137)

1964
Release in Sweden of Beatles single "Long Tall Sally/I Call Your
Name" (Odeon). Eight weeks in the Swedish charts; highest position
#2. (3772)

1965
On a tour in Europe, The Beatles travel by rail from Lyon, France,
to Milan, Italy. They travel on the Trans-Europe Express. (2382)

1966
The Beatles fly from London to Munich, Germany, for the beginning
of an international tour. (2545)

1967
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio 3, EMI Studios,
London). Recording orchestra overdubs for "All You Need Is Love".
(2707)

[G] 1973
George Harrison's LP "Living in the Material World" reaches #1 in
the US album charts. (2512)

[P] 1976
Wings completes a tour of the US with a performance at the Los
Angeles Forum. Ringo appears on stage during the group's final
number and presents Paul with some flowers. (3541)



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