Jan. 20: The album "Meet the Beatles" is released in the U.S. by Capitol Records.
Feb 7: The Beatles arrive at JFK airport.
Feb 9: The Beatles appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show sets a record with 73 million viewers.
Feb 11: The first live U.S. performance of the Beatles at the Washington Coliseum.
Feb 12: The Beatles perform at Carnegie Hall
Feb 15: "Meet the Beatles" hits number one position on Billboard and remains for 11 weeks.
Feb 25: Cassius Clay (Mohammed Ali) defeats Sonny Liston with a TKO for the world heavy weight boxing title.
Mar. 2: Filming of the Beatle movie, "A Hard Day's Night", begins.
May 28: Indian leader, Jawaharlal Nehru dies.
June 4: "Beatle's begins first world tour.
July 6: "A Hard Day's Night" premieres in London.
Aug. 7: North Vietnamese attack U.S. destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin
Aug. 11: "A Hard Day's Night" opens in the U.S.
Aug. 19: Beatle's Second U.S. tour begins.
Oct. 17: Leonid Brezhnev replaces Nikita Khrushchev as Soviet premier.
Dec. 2: Ringo has his tonsils removed.
Dec. 10: "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wins the Nobel Peace prize.
SOURCES: classicbands.com, London Times, Chronicle of the World