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 | February 9th. The Beatles first
appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show before 73.7 million TV viewers.
They sing She Loves You and I Want to Hold Your Hand. They earned $2,400.
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| September 27th. The Beach Boys air on the Ed Sullivan show.
The song......'I Get Around'. |
| July 28th Ranger 7 launched toward the Moon; it later sent back 4308 TV
pictures |
| August 22. Vancouver BC - Beatles give their first Canadian
concert in Empire Stadium before 20,000 fans; broadcast live
over radio station CKNW; play songs from their new album Something New; top ticket price
$5.25; police cut concert short after 27 minutes, fearing a riot; bootlegged tapes of the
show widely distributed. |
| Bob Dylan introduces the Beatles to smoking pot in the
Delmonico hotel in New York (August 24)  |
| Keanu Charles Reeves Canadian Actor born, Sept 2. |
| The Verranzano bridge, which connects Brooklyn to Staten Island was
completed. The bridge or it's location hold no special meaning to me. I am
fascinated by it's Trivia:
Did you know the two towers of the bridge are not parallel with
each other. Because they are so far a apart, the curvature of the earth had to be
taken into account. This exemplifies the size and the distance one must travel
to feel the effects of the earth.
 
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| Beatlemania hits North America. |
| August 22nd Vancouver BC - Beatles give their
first Canadian concert in Empire Stadium before 20,000 fans; hosted by
DJ Red Robinson and broadcast live over radio station CKNW; play songs
from their new album Something New; top ticket price $5.25; police cut
concert short after 27 minutes, fearing a riot; bootlegged tapes of
the show widely distributed. |
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Commons votes 163-78 to adopt design for a new
National Flag of Canada at 2 am, after closure
invoked December 14, and a total of 250
speeches; Senate approval followed Dec. 17;
Royal Proclamation signed by Her Majesty
Jan. 28, 1965; flag officially unfurled Feb. 15,
1965; based on a Royal Military College
design suggested by George Stanley;
Canada's official flag from 1867 had been
Britain's Union Flag, although the Red Ensign
with the Canadian badge was regularly flown for qualified purposes; the
red and white colors and the maple leaf emblem were authorized by
George V on Nov. 21, 1921, as advocated by A. Fortescue
Duguid. |
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