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(Friday, June 12, 1964, 11:57 a.m. Australian Central Standard Time) — An estimated 200,000+ people lined the 10-mile route between Adelaide Airport and the city center today in the hope of seeing The Beatles’ motorcade.
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More than 30,000 surrounded the Town Hall, where they met the city’s mayor, James Campbell Irwin, along with council members and their families.