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On this day, December 26, 1963, I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" were released in the U.S.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_26• 1963 – The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.
We had a big thread earlier this year about which American DJ was the first to play the Beatles. I'll dig that up.
Correction. It was a year ago. Here we are:
Sun Dec 17, 2023: Dec. 17, 1963: A landmark date in Beatle history ...