In February 1964, John glanced out his airplane window as the jetliner slowly approached the terminal at the then newly-renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and saw what looked like thousands of people gathered, packed together, mostly female, mostly young, waving frantically. They were waving their hats, their hands, pushing against the dozens of New York City policemen, who tried, mostly in vain, to maintain some semblance of a police line.
Paul and George then quickly rushed to their airplane windows and saw the crowd, as well.
Ringo then glanced over from his seat on the other side of the plane, and upon seeing the crowd, mumbled, "I guess the governor or do you think maybe the president has just arrived?"
It was at that point that John, Paul, George, and Ringo suddenly realized who the crowd had gathered for.
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On January 20, 2009 an enormous crowd - - perhaps 2 million or maybe more - - will gather in Washington, D.C. to see Barack Obama inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States. And they'll no doubt be lots of cheers and people waving frantically.
A colleague based in Washington, D.C. recalled that moment in the 1960 presidential campaign when Kennedy's campaign staff knew that John F. Kennedy would defeat Richard Nixon. It occurred that fall, just before their first televised debate -- the first presidential debate ever broadcast on television. 
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