July 4th, 1966:  The Beatles played two shows in the Philippines – which led to their worst experience on tour.  Somehow they unknowingly snubbed a reception to the President’s Palace.

President Marcos and his wife then cancelled any police protection for the Beatles, and as they made their way to the airport and their plane they were assaulted, and several of their handlers (Brian Epstein, Mal Evans and Alf Bicknell) were injured.  George Harrison famously stated that the only way he would ever return to Manila would be “to drop an atomic bomb on it.”