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The Beatles land at JFK Airport in NY.
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The Beatles perform on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and are watched by a record-setting 73 million people.
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(1) Can't Buy Me Love, (2) Twist and Shout, (3) She Loves You, (4) I Want To Hold Your Hand (5) Please Please Me
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(#1 in UK, #11 in US charts)
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It wasn't selling very well at first until they performed the song on TV. Townshend smashed his guitar, Moon kicked over his drums and "I Can't Explain" reached #8 on the UK charts.
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"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
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Was not popular in U.S. until album was retitled "Happy Jack", and then reached the Top 40 in 1967.
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The Beatles star in "Our World," a two-hour satellite television program transmitted live by satellite to five continents and 24 countries. They perform "All You Need is Love." This is the first live television satellite program to air worldwide.
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The record failed, and the band was becoming increasingly reliant on its American tours to keep afloat financially.
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The Beatles perform together for the last time live, on the roof of Apple's London office.
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The Beatles last album, "Let It Be" is released in the U.K. and hits number one there and in the U.S.
