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Mar 11, 1997: Paul McCartney Knighted

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

On this day in 1997, Paul McCartney, a former member of the most successful rock band in history, The Beatles, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his “services to music.” The 54-year-old lad from Liverpool became Sir Paul in…

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Mar 4, 1966: John Lennon Sparks His First Major Controversy

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

In England, no one took much notice of the John Lennon quotation that later set off a media frenzy in America. Chalk it up to a fundamental difference in religious outlook between Britain and America, or to a fundamental difference…

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Feb 7, 1964: Beatles Arrive in New York

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

On February 7, 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 from London Heathrow lands at New York’s Kennedy Airport–and “Beatlemania” arrives. It was the first visit to the United States by the Beatles, a British rock-and-roll quartet that had just…

Feb 5, 1957: The American Invasion Begins, as Bill Haley and the Comets Storm Britain

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 2 Comments

Back home in the United States, Bill Haley and the Comets were already passé. Their role in launching the rock-and-roll revolution was unquestioned, but it had been almost two years since “Rock Around the Clock” exploded on the scene, and…

December 8, 1980: John Lennon Shot

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

John Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, the rock group that transformed popular music in the 1960s, is shot and killed by an obsessed fan in New York City. The 40-year-old artist was entering his luxury Manhattan apartment building…