Today, on 5 April in Elvis History

Elvis performed at the Arena, San Diego, California and received $15,000 for his 2 nights in San Diego.

Elvis performed at the Sports Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. He appeared in a half-filled 6,500 seat arena after first facing hostile questions from a group of high school newspaper reporters.

Elvis bought some spiritual studies from Gilbert's Book Shop.

Elvis performed at the Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York. This performance was filmed with a small Sony videotape by Bob Abel, to create a visual and audio record, which was used as a blueprint for the full camera crew which would begin work on Sunday in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Elvis was discharged from the hospital by Dr. Nick and he returned to Graceland at 5:00 a.m. Later in the day Priscilla and Lisa Marie flew in.