2016
This Week in History – Beatles Arrive in New York
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /On February 7, 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 from London Heathrow lands at New York’s Kennedy Airport. (Source: Creative Commons)
West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history.
On February 7, 1964, The Beatles arrived in New York to begin their first U.S. Tour.
On February 9, 1950, U.S. Senator Joe McCarthy accused more than 200 State Department employees of being communists.
On February 11, 2006, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot hunting companion Harry Whittington in the face on an outing in Texas, injuring but not killing him.
On February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born.
On February 12, 1909, the NAACP was founded.
On February 12, 2002, the War Crimes trial against former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic began in The Hague.
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