Daily Archives: April 6, 2016

The Beatles begin recording seventh studio album 50 years ago this hour (Apr 6 1966)


Video: 'The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows (Anthology 2 Disc 1)' (take 1)

(Wednesday, April 6, 1966, 8:00 p.m.-1:15 a.m. BST) — The English rock band The Beatles began recording their seventh studio album Revolver this evening at EMI Studio 3 in London, tracking the first three takes of John Lennon’s “Tomorrow Never Knows.”

First modern Olympic Games open in Athens 120 years ago today (Apr 6 1896)


Video: 'Olympic Games, Athens, 1896'

(Easter Monday, April 6, 1896) — The opening ceremonies of the 1896 Summer Olympics, the first modern Olympic Games, were held today in Athens as King George I of Greece and a crowd of 80,000 spectators welcomed 241 athletes from 14 nations to the international competition (which continued through Apr. 15, 1896).