The Beatles were greeted by the deafening roar of thousands of screaming fans when they arrived in the United States for the very first time on this day in history, Feb. 7, 1964.
“When the Beatles arrived in America, it was like seeing a new color for the first time,” a fan said years later.
Pan Am Flight 101, a Boeing 707, touched down with John, Paul, George and Ringo — the Fab Four still known globally by their first names — at the recently renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City at 1:20 p.m. ET.
The young children responded instinctively to the Beatles’ sound — much the way their grandparents did in 1964.
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Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
