The Beatles Arrive in the United States
Photograph
By: Associated Press
Date: 1964
Source: The Beatles Arrive in the United States. 1964. AP/Wide World Photos. Image No. 340331. Available online at http://www.apwideworld.com (accessed June 3, 3003).
About the Organization: The Associated Press (AP) was formed in 1848 in New York when ten men representing six newspaper publishers decided to pool their efforts and share the expenses of gathering international news. As years passed, the newspapers in the collective developed their technology together. Because of the pooled resources of the AP, the international community gets more news, in a timely manner, about major events occurring globally.
Introduction
In 1960, a musical band made up of art students from Liverpool changed its name from the Quarry Men to the Beatles. The membership of the band would still...
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