Apple’s electronics ‘guru’, Alexis ‘Magic Alex’ Mardas, married on this day in London. His best men were John Lennon and the singer-songwriter Donovan.
Mardas was then 26 years old. He married 22-year-old Eufrosyne Doxiades, the daughter of a respected Greek architect. The wedding took place at St Sophia’s Cathedral, a Greek orthodox church on Moscow Road in the Bayswater area of London.
Also in attendance were George Harrison and his wife Pattie, and Lennon’s partner Yoko Ono.
Also on this day...
- 2018: Ringo Starr live: Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
- 2014: Ringo Starr live: Humphrey’s Concerts By The Bay, San Diego, California
- 2009: Paul McCartney live: Halifax Common, Nova Scotia, Canada
- 2008: Sgt Pepper drum head sells for £541,250
- 1969: Recording, mixing: Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Something, You Never Give Me Your Money
- 1968: Recording, mixing: Revolution, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
- 1964: Television: Summer Spin
- 1963: Live: Winter Gardens, Margate
- 1962: Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
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