Video: 'The Beatles arrivel in Washington D,C , August 15, 1966'

(Monday, August 15, 1966, afternoon EDT) — The Beatles arrived today at National Airport in Washington, D.C., on the the fourth stop of The Beatles’ 1966 US tour.

Video: 'The Beatles at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in 1966'

(Sunday, August 14, 1966, 7:30 p.m. EDT) — The Beatles performed tonight at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland on the third stop of The Beatles’ 1966 US tour. Continue reading Beatles fans rush stage, temporarily halt concert in Cleveland 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 14 1966) →

Podcast episode: '18 Cleveland (mid-14 August 1966)' (Jerry G. interview at 1:59-7:16)

(Sunday, August 14, 1966) — The Beatles were interviewed today in Cleveland by Jerry G. Bishop of WKYC-AM and Ringo Starr was interviewed again today by British DJ Ken Douglas, who was then working in Louisville, Kentucky, while the band was in Cleveland, the third stop of The Beatles’ 1966 US tour. Continue reading The Beatles interviewed in Cleveland 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 14 1966) →

Video: '1966 08 13 Detroit Interviews'

(Saturday, August 13, 1966, 7:00 p.m. EDT) — The Beatles performed the second of two shows tonight at Olympia Stadium in Detroit, the second stop of a 14-city 19-show North American tour. Continue reading The Beatles perform in Detroit 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 13 1966) →

Video: '1966 Vol7 BEATLES ON SAFARI I' (Detroit arrival on Aug. 13, 1966, at 6:24)

(Saturday, August 13, 1966, 11:00 a.m. EDT) — The Beatles arrived this morning at Detroit Airport from Chicago to perform two shows at Olympia Stadium on the second stop of a 14-city 19-show North American tour.

Video: 'WKLO's Ken Douglas: Beatle Views (1966)' (Aug. 12, 1966, at 7:26-22:37)

(Friday, August 12, 1966, early evening CDT) — After launching a 14-city, 19-show North American tour this afternoon at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago (and before their evening show), The Beatles were interviewed by British DJ Ken Douglas, who was then working in Louisville, Kentucky. Continue reading The Beatles interviewed in Chicago 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 12 1966) →

Video: '(Synced) The Beatles - Live At International Amphitheatre - August 12nd, 1966'

(Friday, August 12, 1966, 3:00/7:30 p.m. CDT) — The Beatles launched a 14-city 19-show North American tour this afternoon with the first of two shows at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago. Continue reading The Beatles launch final tour in Chicago 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 12 1966) →

Video: 'John Lennon / Beatles 1966 / Jesus statement'

(Thursday, August 11, 1966, evening CDT) — The Beatles hold two press conferences tonight at Astor Towers Hotel in Chicago, during which John Lennon apologized for his “more popular than Jesus” remark made in a magazine interview in March, saying, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry I said it really. I didn’t mean it as a lousy, anti-religious thing. I was sort of deploring the attitude toward Christianity. I wasn’t saying the Beatles are better than God or Jesus” (click here and here to watch an extended clips of the press conference #1). Continue reading John Lennon apologizes for ‘more popular than Jesus’ remark 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 11 1966) →

Video: 'The Beatles, John Lennon and the More Popular Than Jesus Controversy (1966)' (Aug. 11, 1966, Chicago arrival at 9:34-9:54)

(Thursday, August 11, 1966, 4:55 p.m. CDT) — The Beatles flew into O’Hare Airport in Chicago this this afternoon on a flight from Boston (where they changed planes after flying in from London) to begin their next American tour the following day. Continue reading The Beatles arrive in Chicago to begin North American tour 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 11 1966) →

Video: 'The Beatles at Logan airport in Boston, August 11, 1966'

(Thursday, August 11, 1966, 2:30 p.m. EDT) — The Beatles flew into Logan Airport in Boston this afternoon on a flight from London and boarded another flight to Chicago where they were scheduled to begin their next American tour the following day amid the “more popular than Jesus” controversy (click here for another video of The Beatles in Boston on Aug. 11, 1966). Continue reading The Beatles arrive in Boston, board flight to Chicago 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 11 1966) →