The Beatles arrive at Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (June 5 1964)


Video: 'The Beatles Day By Day 1964' (June 5, 1964, playlist videos 165-177)

(Friday, June 5, 1964, arrived at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam at approximately 1:15 p.m. Central European Time; during The Beatles’ 1964 world tour) — Following the previous day’s concerts in Copenhagen, Denmark, The Beatles today flew to Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam, Netherlands, the second stop of the band’s 1964 world tour.

At the airport they were given flowers and traditional Dutch hats.

They gave a press conference (at 1:30 p.m. CET) before departing for Amsterdam’s Doelen Hotel, on Nieuwe Doelenstraat 24, and then later to the town of Hillegom near Haarlem, 26 miles outside Amsterdam, where they were booked to record a television appearance.

They arrived at Hillegom’s Café-Restaurant Treslong, situated at Vosselaan 15, at around 4:00 p.m. From 5:30 p.m. they rehearsed for their appearance on VARA-TV.

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