10/16/17
Next time you're at Heathrow Airport, take some time to read the historic signs scattered throughout the terminal. 70 signs offer fun tidbits about things that happened at the airport during its 70 year history.
The Beatles
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08/05/17
Miami International Airport has shared the full-length reels of vintage film clips now showing at the airport that include Liberace, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Roosevelt, Sylvester Stallone and others arriving at the airport. Not together, of course.
02/07/15
On February 7, 1964 Beatlemania arrived in the United States in the form of John, Paul, George and Ringo stepping off Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 at New York’s Kennedy Airport. They’d flown over from London Heathrow Airport, were greeted by 3,000 screaming fans and two days later appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show […]
08/21/14
The Beatles at McCarran Int'l Airport in Las Vegas
02/07/14
50 years ag today: The Beatles arrive at JFK Airport
09/11/12
What do Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Louis Armstrong, Chubby Checker, Warren Beatty, Peter Fonda, Ronald Reagan and Bob Hope all have in common? They were all passengers on Air Canada or its predecessor, Trans Canada Air Lines (TCA), sometime during the past 75 years. As part of a slew of activities to mark its 75th […]
02/07/12
(Re-posting 2/7/12) Thanks to ThisDayin History.com for the reminder that on this day, February 7, back in 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 from London Heathrow landed at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport with its special cargo of Beatles. According to History.com: It was the first visit to the United States by […]
01/06/12
MSP's Terminal 1-Lindbergh turn 50. Its history includes pay toilets, a major film role and a visit from the Beatles.
10/09/10
If he hadn’t been shot and killed outside his New York City apartment on December 8th, 1980, John Lennon would have been celebrating his 70th birthday today. The day is being marked around the world with concerts and exhibits that include a bed-in and a photography exhibit that includes this iconic photograph, snapped on July […]