1. The Beatles leave
London airport in
1964. From left: John
Lennon, Ringo Starr,
Paul McCartney and
George Harrison.
Enthusiastic fans
welcomed the
Beatles in airports
and concert halls
around the world in
1964, as Beatlemania
swept the globe. (AP
Photo

2. Sightseeing in Paris, on
January 15, 1964, the
day before their
opening at the Olympia
Theatre in Paris, three
of Britain's four Beatles
pause for a look around
on the Champs Elysees.
From left John Lennon,
Paul McCartney and
George Harrison. In the
background is the Arc
de Triomphe. (AP Photo

3. John Lennon, left; George
Harrison, center holding guitar;
and Ringo Starr from the
Beatles, backstage in Versailles,
France, on January 15, 1964. (AP
Photo/Tellier)

4. The Beatles perform their first concert outside of Britain, at the Olympia in Paris, on January 17, 1964. (AFP/Getty Images)

5. Police hold back screaming
fans fighting to get near
their idols, the Beatles,
when the Liverpool pop
group returned to London
Airport from Paris, on
February 5, 1964. A strong
police escort had to
accompany the four Beatles
from their aircraft to the
customs channel. (AP
Photo)

6. Three Beatles fans attempt to enter the Customs Hall at London Airport by crawling
into the baggage conveyor belt on February 5, 1964. (AP Photo/Boyton)

7. The Beatles, from left, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, in their New York hotel after their arrival in the U.S. on February 7, 1964. The British
rock group, on their first American tour, was pelted with jelly beans and candy kisses by screaming teen-age fans. (AP Photo)

8. The Beatles face the media on their arrival in New York on February 7, 1964. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

9. Beatles fans push
forward in hopes of
getting a view of the
band after their
arrival for an
American tour in
New York on
February 7, 1964.
(AP Photo)

11. The British rock and roll group the Beatles are surrounded by photographers on stage at CBS' Studio 50 before their live television appearance on The Ed Sullivan
Show in New York City on February 9, 1964. (AP Photo)

12. Paul McCartney, 21 years
old, on the set of the Ed
Sullivan Show with the
Beatles, on February 9,
1964. (AP Photo)

13. Paul McCartney,
right, shows his guitar
to Ed Sullivan before
the Beatles' live
television appearance
in New York on
February 9, 1964.
Behind Sullivan, from
left, Beatles manager
Brian Epstein, John
Lennon, and Ringo
Starr. (AP Photo)

14. The Beatles perform on
the Ed Sullivan Show in
New York on February 9,
1964. An estimated 73
million viewers -- more
than a third of the U.S. --
saw the performance, a
record audience at the
time. (AP Photo)

15. The Beatles perform at the Coliseum in Washington, D.C., during their first American tour. (AP Photo)

17. Beatle Paul McCartney
flashes a smile as he rushes
from New York's Carnegie
Hall after two wild
performances on February
12, 1964. Behind him is
band mate John Lennon. (AP
Photo)

19. The Beatles take a fake blow from Cassius Clay, who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali, while visiting the heavyweight contender at his training camp
in Miami Beach, Florida, on February 18, 1964. (AP Photo

20. The Beatles wade in the surf in Miami, Florida in February of 1964, with unidentified
women. (AP Photo)

21. Two of the Beatles, George Harrison, left, and Ringo Starr, right, at the beach in Miami, Florida, in February of 1964. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo

22. Policemen good-humoredly control screaming Beatles fans as the Liverpool pop group were welcomed by a group of more than 5,000 on their arrival at
London Airport, on February 22, 1964, on their return from America. (AP Photo)

23. The Beatles arrive at London
Airport, England, February 22,
1964, after their visit to the
United States. In the
foreground is Paul
McCartney, carrying record
albums under his arm
(including "Um Um Um Um
Um Um - The Best of Major
Lance"), and George Harrison,
left, talking to John Lennon.
(AP Photo)

24. The Beatles (to left of flagpole) are surrounded by newsmen and press photographers and overlooked by hundreds of fans after their arrival at London
Airport, England, having flown in from New York on February 22, 1964. (AP Photo/Boyton)

25. The Beatles rehearse for their
forthcoming television show at
Wembley studios in London, in April
of 1964. In this skit, Ringo Starr,
second from left, is costumed as Sir
Francis Drake, and the others, from
left, John Lennon, George Harrison
and Paul McCartney play Heralds.
(AP Photo)

26. Beatle drummer Ringo Starr
eases the pain on a wax
likeness of himself with a
cigarette, during the
unveiling ceremony for four
wax models of the Beatles
at Madame Tussaud's
Waxworks, in London,
England, on April 29, 1964.
(AP Photo)

27. 4,000 Beatles fans gathered in the streets around the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark, several hours before the British pop group, The Beatles,
arrived on June 4, 1964. Danish police try to hold back the fans from rushing the hotel. (AP Photo/Sveegaard)

29. Dutch fans scream and shout
during a performance by the
Beatles in Blokker, Netherlands,
on June 6, 1964. (AP Photo)

30. Watched by fellow Beatles, Guitarist George Harrison gets the big comb treatment from BOAC stewardess Anne Creech, after their arrival at Windy
airport in London, England, on June 7, 1964. From left: John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and drummer Jimmy Nicol, who stood in for
Ringo Starr for the trip to The Netherlands. (AP Photo)

31. A section of the huge
crowd which gathered
outside the Town Hall in
Melbourne, Australia, on
June 16, 1964, to greet
the Beatles, during their
tour of Australia and
New Zealand. (AP Photo)

32. Two Australian soldiers
link arms to control a
section of the crowd
outside the Southern
Cross Hotel in
Melbourne on the arrival
of the Beatles, on June
14, 1964. Some 300
policemen and 100
soldiers made an
attempt to contain
10,000 screaming fans
and to keep open a
passageway for the
singing group's cars. Like
most of the barriers, this
one was pushed aside at
the height of the crush.
The Beatles were
eventually taken into the
hotel through a back
entrance. (AP Photo)

33. Drummer Jimmy Nicol, who had
been stand-in for tonsillitis-
stricken Beatle Ringo Starr, sits
alone and contemplative at
Melbourne's Essendon Airport,
while waiting to return home on
June 15, 1964. Ringo rejoined
the Beatles the day before. (AP
Photo)

35. Ringo Starr samples an
apple during a visit to
Australia House in
London, England, in
1964. (AP Photo)

36. The Beatles are suspended in midair above the stage during rehearsal for their part
in the charity show "Night of 100 Stars" at the Palladium in London, England, on July
22, 1964. (AP Photo/Bob Dear)

37. Just the sight of The Beatles from
a distance caused this reaction
among a group of girls at the Los
Angeles International Airport on
August 18, 1964. Airport security
kept several thousand youngsters
away from the British singers
during a brief stopover in Los
Angeles en route to San
Francisco. (AP Photo

38. Despite a constant din of screaming teenagers, the Beatles successfully opened their second U.S. tour in San Francisco on August 20, 1964. (AP Photo)

39. A man covers his ears as 18,000
screaming fans react to The
Beatles in the Hollywood Bowl,
California, during their U.S.
concert tour on August 23,
1964. (AP Photo)

40. The British rock and roll band the Beatles perform at the Memorial Coliseum in
Dallas, Texas, on September 18, 1964 on their second U.S. tour. (AP Photo)

41. At the start of 1964, the Beatles were at the top of the
charts in the UK, but had just started to attract audiences
overseas with songs from their first two albums Please
Please Me and With the Beatles. Radio airplay and a broad
marketing campaign in the U.S. quickly drove huge record
sales and enormous enthusiasm among new fans -- the
band and their sound were something new and exciting, and
they were coming to America. John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul
McCartney and George Harrison set off on a series of tours
in 1964, starting in Europe, later visiting the United States,
Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand. Beatles fans were so
excited and determined to see the band that police
sometimes resorted to using fire hoses to hold them back.
Their first televised concert in the U.S. was on the Ed
Sullivan Show, on February 9, 1964. 73 million viewers
watched that performance -- 34 percent of the American
population. Below are images of the Beatles' big year, in
roughly chronological order, as the world discovered
Beatlemania. This is the third of five entries focusing on
events of the year 1964 this week (and next Monday). Later
entries will feature images from Alaska's Good Friday
earthquake and the New York World's Fair.

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