We can work it out

History made: The Beatles appeared on national TV in the United States in 1964 on the Ed Sullivan Show. The group had since sold over 1.6 billion records and Yesterday is the most covered song.

THE anniversaries of two portentous events rolled around earlier this week.

Malaysia turned 52 on Tuesday while Yesterday, the Beatles hit single of the 1960s, was released exactly 50 years ago, well, yesterday.