WHAT ELSE WAS HAPPENING
BIRTH OF FAB FOUR
The Beatles performed their first concert under this name in Hamburg, West Germany.
NUKE SUB LAUNCHED
The Queen launched Britain’s first nuclear submarine, HMS Dreadnought, at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
ENA SHARPLES MADE HER SCARY DEBUT
The first-ever episode of the soap opera Coronation Street, made by Granada Television in Manchester, was aired on ITV.