Six days after his tonsils were removed, Ringo Starr was visited in hospital by George Harrison.
The visit increased the security problems at University College Hospital, London, which had been trying to keep the fans at bay since Starr’s arrival on 1 December 1964. Paul McCartney visited Starr on the following day.
Last updated: 4 December 2018
Also on this day...
- 2010: Tributes held worldwide to mark 30 years of John Lennon’s passing
- 1980: John Lennon dies
- 1969: Recording: Octopus’s Garden
- 1967: UK EP release: Magical Mystery Tour
- 1966: Recording, editing: When I’m Sixty-Four, Strawberry Fields Forever
- 1965: Live: Gaumont Cinema, Sheffield
- 1963: Live: Odeon Cinema, Lewisham
- 1962: Live: Oasis Club, Manchester
- 1961: Live: Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey
- 1961: Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (lunchtime)
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