On 15th August 1965, The Beatles performed a one-off show at New York's Shea Stadium. This huge event ushered in the era of the stadium gig - the enormous events that have become a fixture of pop and rock tours in the six decades since the Fab Four led the way.

The year 1965 was one of launches. Several Gemini rockets were sent skyward, President Lyndon Johnson enacted his Great Society reforms, and civil Rights workers launched marches from Selma to Montgomery led by Martin Luther King.