60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
10/26/65 – The Beatles are awarded their Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) medals by Queen Elizabeth. John Lennon would later say that the group smoked marijuana in one of the palace bathrooms to calm their nerves before the ceremony.
Several outraged previous recipients gave their MBE's back in protest of The Beatles being awarded theirs, to which Lennon responded "Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war, for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more."
