On this day in 1965 The Beatles released 'Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out' as a double A side. It became their 9th UK No.1 and their third Christmas chart topper in a row. It hit the US No.1 spot in Jan 1966.

On this day in 1991, Chubby Checker filed a lawsuit against McDonald's in Canada seeking $14,000 million for its alleged use of an imitation of his voice on 'The Twist', in a french fries commercial.

Those silly enough?