Feb 8, 1964

Via The Beatles:

February 8th, 1964. By the second day of The Beatles' debut North American visit, George had come down with flu. Whilst the country held its breath over whether he'd be able to make the next day's live performance at all, the rest of The Beatles had to manage their rehearsals for the first live Ed Sullivan broadcast with road manager Neil Aspinall as George's replacement. Before that, however, John, Paul and Ringo miraculously managed to avoid the crowds that now seemed to permanently engulf them and headed off in the snow for a press photo shoot in Central Park.