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This fossilized episode of History Daily originally aired on August 15th, 2022.

It's a Sunday afternoon on June 22nd, 1969, at the Newport Pop Festival in California.

Inside the venue, the biggest names in rock and roll are performing for a packed crowd.

But outside, along the fence and circling the festival grounds, thousands are gathered,

ticketless, broke, and desperate to get inside.

Among them is a 16-year-old kid with long, dirty hair.

He also doesn't have a ticket, or the $7 needed to buy one.

But he's not going to let that stop him.

As he waits for the perfect moment to sneak in, the crowd suddenly bursts into cheers.

He glances over and sees another young hippie nearby, sprinting for the front entrance.

Security guards swarm and tackle him to the ground.

And at that moment, the 16-year-old realizes this is his moment.

He needs to make a move while the guards are distracted.

So the 16-year-old takes a deep breath and makes a run for it.

He quickly scales the fence, lands on the other side.

As he smiles and holds his fists in the air and triumph, crowd outside the fence roars their approval.

But immediately, the young man feels two strong hands grabbing by the shoulders, and throw them to the ground.

The young man looks up to see several security guards towering over him.

One of them steps forward and raises his fists in the air.

The boy closes his eyes and winces, racing for what he knows is coming.

But then, a bottle smashes nearby.

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