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Today in History…
The Beatles made their first live American TV appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964.
The CBS Radio Theater (1967 image from our Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History) hosted many Hollywood stars in its time, yet no one could have been prepared for the frenzy of love-struck girls and instant fame of The Beatles when they crossed the pond to America.
Three years after The Beatles first appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” CBS Radio Theater became the Ed Sullivan Theater in honor of the shows 20th year.
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