On this day in history 7th February

1964: Beatlemania arrives in the US - The four members of the British hit band, the Beatles, have arrived in New York at the start of their first tour of the United States.

The young men, with their now infamous mop-head hairstyles, stepped onto the tarmac at Kennedy Airport just after 1300 local time.

Born on this day

1943 Gareth Hunt

1949 Alan Lancaster

1960 Steve Bronski

1962 Eddie Izzard

1962 Garth Brooks

1966 Kristin Otto

1812 Charles Dickens

1908 Larry(Buster)Crabbe

People & Showbiz

1999 Upon hearing of the recent death of King Hussein of Jordan, singer Mariah Carey told CNN reporters: 'I'm inconsolable at the present time. I was a very good friend of Jordan, he was probably the greatest basketball player this country has ever seen, we will never see his like again'.

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