The Beatles hold a press conference in Houston 50 years ago this afternoon (Aug 19 1965)


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(Thursday, August 19, 1965, 2:00 p.m. CDT) — The Beatles held a press conference this afternoon at the Sheraton-Lincoln hotel in Houston prior to their first of two performances today at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas, the fifth and sixth of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour.