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.”
Video: 'Elvis Presley Blue Suede Shoes Screen Test Paramount Studios 1956'
(Friday, April 6, 1956) — Paramount Pictures signed Elvis Presley to a three-movie contract today just a few days after his first screen test.
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).
