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home1922 Feb 21,
Murray "the K" Kaufman, NYC DJ (5th Beatle), was born.
(MC, 2/21/02)
1943 Feb 25, George Harrison
(d. Nov 29, 2001) of the Beatles was born.
(SFC, 11/30/01, p.A1)(SFC, 12/4/01, p.A2)
1955 May 10, Mark David
Chapman, assassin (John Lennon), was born.
(MC, 5/10/02)
1960 Aug 18, Beatles gave their
1st public performance at Kaiser Keller in Hamburg.
(MC, 8/18/02)
1962 Aug 16, The Beatles
dropped Pete Best as their drummer. They took on Ringo Starr on Aug
17. Best later authored the autobiography "Beatle! The Pete Best
Story."
(SFC, 7/5/02, p.G5)(MC, 8/16/02)
1962 Aug 17, Beatles replaced
Pete Best with Ringo Starr.
(SC, 8/17/02)
1963 Aug 3, Beatles made a
final performance the Cavern Club in Liverpool.
(SC, 8/3/02)
1963 Aug 23, Beatles released
"She Loves You" in UK.
(MC, 8/23/02)
1963 Sep 7, The Beatles made
their 1st US TV appearance on ABC’s Big Night Out.
(MC, 9/7/01)
1963 Dec 10, Walter Cronkite
re-aired a CBS News report from London on the Beatles. It had been
1st filed on Nov 22, the day JFK was assassinated.
(SSFC, 2/8/04, Par p.18)
1964 Jan 18, Beatles 1st
appeared on Billboard Chart at #35 for "I Want to Hold Your Hand."
The song hit No. 1 by the end of the month.
(MC, 1/18/02)(SSFC, 2/8/04, Par p.18)
1964 Jan, The Beatles made
their North America TV debut on the Jack Paar Show. [see Feb 9,
1964]
(SFC, 1/28/04, p.A1)
1964 Feb 3, "Meet the Beatles"
album went Gold.
(MC, 2/3/02)
1964 Feb 7, The British
band The Beatles began their first American tour as they arrived at
New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, where they were
greeted by 25,000 screaming fans.
(SFEM, 3/9/96, p.35)(AP, 2/7/97)(HN, 2/7/99)
1964 Feb 9, The Beatles made
their first live American television appearance on "The Ed Sullivan
Show." [see Jan, 1964]
(AP, 2/9/99)
1964 Feb 11, The Beatles 1st
live appearance in US was in the Washington, DC Coliseum. It
was filmed by CBS.
(SFC, 3/6/04, p.D17)
1964 Feb 12, The Beatles played
2 shows at Carnegie Hall.
(SFC, 3/6/04, p.D17)
1964 Feb 16, The Beatles made
their 2nd appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show" from the Deauville
Hotel in Miami.
(SFC, 3/6/04, p.D17)
1964 Feb 18, The Beatles
visited Cassius Clay in training for his match with heavyweight
champion Sonny Liston.
(SFC, 3/6/04, p.D17)
1964 Feb 23, The Beatles' 3rd
TV appearance on the Ed Sullivan show, taped in NYC 2 weeks earlier,
aired.
(SFC, 3/6/04, p.D17)
1964 Mar 2, Beatles began
filming "A Hard Day's Night."
(SC, 3/2/02)
1964 Mar 21, Beatles' "She
Loves You," single went #1 and stayed #1 for 2 weeks.
(MC, 3/21/02)
1964 May 18, David Frost
interviewed Paul McCartney on the BBC.
(SC, 5/18/02)
1964 Jun 26, Beatles released
"A Hard Day's Night" album.
(MC, 6/26/02)
1964 Jul 2, Celia Black
recorded Beatle's "Its For You" with McCartney on piano.
(SC, 7/2/02)
1964 Jul 6, Beatles' film "Hard
Day's Night" premiered in London.
(MC, 7/6/02)
1964 Jul 11(Jun 11), Queen
Elizabeth ordered Beatles to her birthday party and they attended.
(MC, 7/11/02)
1964 Jul 25, Beatles' "Hard
Day's Night, A," album went #1 and stayed #1 for 14 weeks.
(SC, 7/25/02)
1964 Aug 1, Beatles' "Hard
Day's Night" single went #1.
(MC, 8/1/02)
1964 Aug 11, Beatles' "A Hard
Days Night" opened in NYC.
(MC, 8/11/02)
1964 Aug 19, The Beatles
performed a concert at the Cow Palace in Daly City, Ca. They
returned there for another concert in 1965.
(www.rarebeatles.com/photopg7/sf81964.htm)
1965 Feb 24, Beatles began
filming "Help" in Bahamas.
(MC, 2/24/02)
1965 Apr 13, Beatles recorded
"Help."
(MC, 4/13/02)
1965 Jul 29, Beatles movie
"Help" premiered and Queen Elizabeth attended.
(MC, 7/29/02)
1965 Aug 11, Beatles movie
"Help" opened in NYC.
(MC, 8/11/02)
1965 Aug 14, The Beatles taped
an appearance for the Ed Sullivan Show.
(MC, 8/14/02)
1965 Aug 15, Beatles played to
55,000 at Shea Stadium.
(MC, 8/15/02)
1965 Aug 31, The Beatles
returned to the Cow Palace in Daly City, Ca., for another concert.
(www.geocities.com/bratbear_51/cowpalacebeatles.html)
1966 Mar 4, John Lennon said:
"We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus." Radio stations in the
Netherlands and in Spain quickly banned the playing of Beatle
records as did the South African Broadcasting Corporation, stating
that "The Beatles' arrogance has passed the ultimate limit of
decency. It is clowning no longer."
(www.beatles.ws/1966.htm)
1966 May 1, Last British
concert by Beatles was at Empire Pool in Wembley.
(MC, 5/1/02)
1966 Jul 4, Beatles were
attacked in Philippines after insulting Imelda Marcos.
(Maggio, 98)
1966 Jul 31, Alabamans burned
Beatle products due to John Lennon's remark that the Beatles are
more popular than Jesus.
(MC, 7/31/02)
1966 Aug 5, Beatles released
their "Revolver" album in US.
(MC, 8/5/02)
1966 Aug 5, Beatles released
"Yellow Submarine" and "Eleanor Rigby" in UK.
(MC, 8/5/02)
1966 Aug 8, South African
Broadcasting banned the Beatles for Lennon's anti-Jesus remark.
(MC, 8/8/02)
1966 Aug 20, The Beatles were
pelted with rotten fruit during a Memphis concert.
(MC, 8/20/02)
1966 Aug 22, The Beatles
arrived in NYC.
(MC, 8/22/02)
1966 Aug 29, The Beatles
concluded their fourth American tour with their last public concert,
at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
(AP, 8/29/97)
1966 Sep 10, The Beatles'
"Revolver," album went #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks.
(MC, 9/10/01)
1966 Sep 12, The Beatles
received a gold record for "Yellow Submarine."
(MC, 9/12/01)
1966 Nov 24, The Beatles began
recording sessions for "Sgt Pepper."
(MC, 11/24/01)
1966 Nov 28, US LP release:
"The Beatles Girls," instrumental LP by George Martin.
(DTnet, 11/28/97)
1967 Feb 17, Beatles released
"Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields." Strawberry Fields was a
children’s home run by the Salvation Army. It was closed in 2005.
(http://www.jpgr.co.uk/r5570.html)(SFC, 6/2/05,
p.E8)
1967 Mar 2, At the 9th Grammy
Awards: “Strangers in Night” by Frank Sinatra won Record of the Year
and “Michele” by the Beatles won Song of the Year.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_1967)
1967 May 20, BBC disc jockey
Kenny Everett gave the official preview of Sgt Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band on the radio show Where It's At, broadcast on the
BBC Light Program. He was unable to play the final track "A Day in
the Life," which the BBC had banned a day earlier due to drug
references.
(www.beatlesbible.com/1967/05/20/the-bbc-bans-a-day-in-the-life/)
1967 May 25, John Lennon took
delivery of his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce. He had acquired the
Phantom V on June 3, 1965.
(www.blogcatalog.com/blog/jinxi-boo/cc59e352cc28925ddae7f1497e6cd46c)
1967 Jun 19, Beatle Paul
McCartney, having admitted in Queen Magazine that he had taken LSD,
repeated the admission on television.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney)
1967 Jul 1, Beatles' "Sgt
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," went #1 for 15 weeks.
(MC, 7/1/02)
1967 Jul 7, Beatles' "All You
Need is Love" was released.
(MC, 7/7/02)
1967 Aug 19, Beatles' "All You
Need is Love," single went #1.
(MC, 8/19/02)
1967 Aug 25, Beatles went to
Wales to study TM with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
(MC, 8/25/02)
1967 Aug 27, Brian Epstein
(32), manager of the Beatles, was found dead in his London flat from
an overdose of sleeping pills.
(AP, 8/27/97)
1967 Sep 11, The Beatles drove
their Magical Mystery Bus around England.
(MC, 9/11/01)
1967 Dec 26, BBC-1 television
aired "Magical Mystery Tour," the Beatles' critically drubbed
one-hour special.
(AP, 12/26/07)
1968 Feb 16, Beatles George
Harrison & John Lennon flew to India with their wives for
transcendental meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
(www.beatles.ws/1968.htm)
1968 May 14, The Beatles in NYC
announced the formation of their Apple Corp.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps)
1968 Jul 31, The Beatle's
recorded Hey Jude.
(http://oldies.about.com/od/thebeatlessongs/a/heyjude.htm)
1968 Sep 28, Beatles' "Hey
Jude" single went #1 and stayed #1 for 9 weeks.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Jude)
1968 Oct 14, The Beatles "White
Album" was completed.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_(album))
1968 Nov 22, Beatles released
their "Beatles," (White Album) their only double album.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_(album))
1968 Nov 28, In London,
England, John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared at the Marylebone
Magistrates' Court. John pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis
resin and was fined 150 pounds plus 20 guineas costs.
(http://tinyurl.com/qjbdgb)
1968 Dec 28, The Beatles'
"White Album," went #1 in the US, beginning this week, and stayed at
the top for 9 weeks.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_(album))
1969 Jan 3, police in Newark,
NJ, confiscated 30,000 copies of the John Lennon, Yoko Ono album,
Two Virgins. A nude photo of John and Yoko on the cover violated
pornography laws in Jersey.
(www.goatview.com/january03.htm)
1969 Mar 12, Paul McCartney
married Linda Eastman in London.
(AP, 3/12/98)
1969 Mar 20, John Lennon
married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar.
(AP, 3/20/97)(HN, 3/20/98)
1969 Mar 25, John and Yoko Ono
staged a bed-in for peace in Amsterdam.
(HN, 3/24/98)
1969 May 31, John Lennon and
Yoko Ono recorded "Give Peace a Chance" during their “Bed-In” at the
Queen Elizabeth’s Hotel in Montreal.
(http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/lyrics2/givepeace.html)
1969 Jul 4, "Give Peace a
Chance" by Plastic Ono Band was released in UK.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_Peace_a_Chance)
1968 Jul 17, Beatle's animated
film "Yellow Submarine" premiered in London. The US premiere was on
November 13.
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqUKJj0gGkM)(www.imdb.com/title/tt0063823/releaseinfo)
1969 Sep 1, John Lennon
returned his OBE (Officer of the British Empire) medal. He said it
is to protest the British government’s involvement in Biafra, its
support of the US in Vietnam and the poor chart performance of his
latest single, “Cold Turkey.”
(www.rockhall.com/inductee/john-lennon)
1969 Sep 13, John Lennon and
his wife, Yoko Ono, presented the Plastic Ono Band in concert for
the first time at the Toronto Peace Festival (Lennon's first in four
years). The 1st hit by the new group, "Give Peace a Chance," made it
to number 14 on the charts.
(www.musicdirect.com/product/83704)
1969 Sep 26, The Beatles last
album, "Abbey Road," was released in the United Kingdom. The last
hit LP for the "fab four" zoomed quickly to the #1 spot on the
charts and stayed there for 11 weeks.
(www.johnlennon.com/html/history.aspx)(HN,
9/26/99)(Beat. For., 1995, p. 58)
1970 Feb 26, Beatles released
"Beatles Again," aka the "Hey Jude" album.
(www.dmbeatles.com/disk.php?disk=54)
1970 Mar 6, The Beatles
released "Let it Be" in UK.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Be_(song))
1970 Apr 9, Paul McCartney
announced the official split of the Beatles.
(HN, 4/9/98)
1970 Apr 11, The Beatles' "Let
It Be" single was released in the US and quickly went to #1.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Be_(song))
1970 May 15, Beatles' last LP,
"Let It Be," was released in US.
(MC, 5/15/02)
1970 May 20, The Beatles movie
"Let it Be" premiered in Britain. The documentary film was about a
Beatles’ recording session.
(SFEC, 3/8/98, DB
p.47)(www.imdb.com/title/tt0065976/)
1970 Jun 13, Beatles' "Let It
Be," album went #1 & stayed #1 for 4 weeks.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Be)
1970 Nov 23, George Harrison
released "My Sweet Lord" in the US.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sweet_Lord)
1970 Nov 27, George Harrison
released his solo album "All Things Must Pass." He became the 1st
Beatle to have a solo No. 1 hit with "My Sweet Lord."
(SFC, 12/1/01,
p.D1)(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Things_Must_Pass)
1970 Dec 31, Paul McCartney
filed a lawsuit to dissolve the Beatles’ partnership.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney)
1971 Jan 15, George Harrison’s
"My Sweet Lord" was released in the UK. The US release was in 1970.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sweet_Lord)
1971 Jan 29, "My Sweet Lord" by
George Harrison hit #1 on UK pop chart.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_No.1_Hits_of_1971)
1971 Mar 3, South African
Broadcasting Corp lifted its ban on the Beatles.
(www.southafrica.to/history/history1948.htm)
1971 Aug 1, The Concert For
Bangladesh, two benefit concerts organized by George Harrison and
Ravi Shankar, played to a total of 40,000 people at Madison Square
Garden.
{Bangladesh, Pop&Rock, NYC, Beatles}
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh)
1971 Aug 3, Paul McCartney
announced the formation of his group Wings.
(www.rockhall.com/inductee/paul-mccartney)
1971 Aug 31, John Lennon left
UK for NYC, never to return.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon)
1971 Sep 9, John Lennon
released his mega hit "Imagine" album in the US. It was released in
Britain on October 8.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagine_(album))
1971 Dec 10, John Lennon made a
public appearance at a benefit concert for poet John Sinclair who
was in jail for possession of marijuana. Three days later Sinclair
was released.
(SFEC, 7/21/96, DB p.35)
1972 Feb 25, Wings released
"Give Ireland Back to the Irish." Paul and Linda McCartney wrote the
song in response to the events of Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland
on January 30, 1972. It was soon banned by the BBC.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_Ireland_Back_to_the_Irish)
1973 Mar 23, Yoko Ono was
granted permanent residence in US. John Lennon was given a final
order to leave the US within 60 days, while Yoko was allowed to
remain indefinitely.
(http://specialsections.absoluteelsewhere.net/LennonLoreLegacy/nutopia.html)
1973 May 25, George Harrison
released "Give Me Love" in UK.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_Me_Love_(Give_Me_Peace_on_Earth))
1973 Jun 1, Paul McCartney
& Wings released "Live & Let Die"
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_and_Let_Die_(song))
1973 Oct 24, John Lennon sued
the US government to admit FBI was tapping his phone.
(http://tinyurl.com/4xox8x)
1973 Dec 5, Paul McCartney
released his "Band on the Run" album.
(www.amazon.com/Band-Run-Paul-McCartney-Wings/dp/B000002UCL)
1974 Nov 28, John Lennon
(1940-1980) made what would become his last concert appearance at an
Elton John concert at New York's Madison Square Garden. Lennon
joined Elton John to sing "Whatever Gets You Through the Night",
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", as well as "I Saw Her Standing
There". Backstage, Lennon has a brief reunion with Yoko Ono, from
whom he'd been separated for over a year.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon)
1975 Mar 2, Linda McCartney
(1941-1998) was arrested in Los Angeles with possession of
marijuana.
(www.philbrodieband.com/music_trivia-yesterdays_march.htm)
1975 Oct 7, US decided John
Lennon won't be deported due to UK pot conviction.
(http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=618)
1976 Mar 26, Wings released
"Wings at the Speed of Sound" album.
(SS, 3/26/02)
1976 Jul 27, John Lennon was
granted a green card for permanent residence in US.
(http://beatlesnumber9.com/usvjohnlennon.html)
1976 Aug 31, George Harrison
(1943-2001) was found guilty of plagiarizing "My Sweet Lord."
(www.imdb.com/name/nm0365600/bio)(http://nfo.net/calendar/aug31.htm)
1976 Nov 19, Patty Hearst was
freed on $1.5 million bail. She returned to her family’s home at
1001 California St.
(HN, 11/19/98)(SFC, 11/16/01, WB p.G4)
1977 May 25, "Beatles Live! At
the Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" was released.
(SC, 5/25/02)
1978 Apr 26, A version of Mark
Twain’s "The Prince and the Pauper" appeared on TV with former
Beatle, Ringo Star.
{TV, Beatles, USA, Britain, Pop&Rock}
(www.guba.com/watch/2000907534)(440 Int’l.,
4/26/97, p.3)
1978 Jul 24, The Beatles’
animated film "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" premiered in
the US.
(www.imdb.com/title/tt0078239/)
1979 Mar 23, Paul McCartney and
Wings released "Goodnight Tonight."
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight_Tonight)
1980 Jan 16, Paul McCartney was
arrested in Tokyo for marijuana possession. He was released and
deported on Jan 25.
(www.taima.org/en/hemplib3.htm#mccartney)
1980 Jan 25, Paul
McCartney was released from Tokyo jail & deported.
(www.taima.org/en/hemplib3.htm#mccartney)
1980 Sep 22, John Lennon signed
with Geffen Records. The Lennon LP, "Double Fantasy", was released
on Geffen. Lennon was assassinated on December 8, 1980.
(www.jpgr.co.uk/k99131.html)
1980 Dec 8, John Lennon,
musician and one of the Beatles, was shot and killed by Mark David
Chapman outside his New York City apartment building. Chapman was a
schizophrenic with the delusion that he himself was John. In 1984
Prof. Jonathan M. Wiener wrote a book on Lennon and later got the
FBI to surrender its secret files on Lennon.
(SFC, 9/25/97, p.A2)(AP, 12/8/97)
1981 Feb 6, Beatles McCartney,
Starr & Harrison recorded "All Those Years Ago," a tribute to
John Lennon.
(www.440.com/twtd/archives/feb06.html)
1981 Feb 19, George Harrison
was ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious
plagiarism" in "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine." The word
plagiarism derives from Latin roots: plagiarius, an abductor; and
plagiare, to steal. An example of plagiarism would be copying
this definition and pasting it straight into a report. Plagiarism is
a very ancient art. Shakespeare stole most of his historical plots
directly from Holinshed. Laurence Sterne and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
were both accused of plagiarism. Oscar Wilde was repeatedly accused
of plagiarism, hence the celebrated exchange with Whistler: "I wish
I'd said that, James." "Don't worry, Oscar, you will."
(http://digital-law-online.info/cases/221PQ490.htm)(Nature News from
Jake Sigg, 9/10/09)
1981 Aug 25, Mark
Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, was sentenced to 20 years.
(chblue.com, 8/25/01)
1982 Feb 21, Murray Kaufman
(b.1922), NYC DJ also known as Murray the K, died. During the early
days of Beatlemania, he was frequently referred to as "the Fifth
Beatle."
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_the_K)
1982 Mar 26, Paul McCartney and
Stevie Wonder released "Ebony & Ivory" in the UK.
(SS, 3/26/02)
1984 Jan 15, Police raided the
vacation home of Paul and Linda McCartney (1941-1998) following a
tip. Both were arrested on possession of cannabis.
(http://leftofcentrist.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html)
1984 Mar 21, A ground-breaking
ceremony was held as part of NYC’s Central Park was named Strawberry
Fields honoring John Lennon.
(www.centralpark.com/pages/attractions/strawberry-fields.html)
1984 Apr 25, Rock group Wings
disbanded.
(SS, 4/25/02)
1986 Aug 29, The Beatles
performed their last public concert. The San Francisco event at
Candlestick Park drew some 24,000 people.
(SSFC, 8/28/11, DB p.42)
1986 Sep 1, Paul McCartney
released his "Press to Play" album.
(SC, 9/1/02)
1987 Feb 26, British stores
released the 1st Beatles compact discs.
(www.guardian.co.uk/thebeatles/story/0,,606496,00.html)
1995 Nov 21-1995 Nov 28, In one
week of sales, `The Beatles Anthology 1' beat sales record in the
US: 855,473 copies. Previous record: Michael Jackson's `History',
391,000 copies.
(www.4reference.net/encyclopedias/wikipedia/The_Beatles.html)
1997 Mar 11, Rock star Paul
McCartney was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
(AP, 3/11/98)
1998 Apr 17, Linda McCartney
(56), wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney, died in Santa Barbara,
Ca. Santa Barbara claimed no record and it was later determined that
she died in Arizona.
(SFC, 4/20/98, p.A1)(SFC, 4/23/98, p.A1)(SFC,
4/24/98, p.A1)(AP, 4/19/99)
2001 Nov 29, George Harrison
(b.1943), lead guitarist for the Beatles, died of cancer in LA. His
ashes were scattered in the Ganges Dec 4.
(SFC, 11/30/01, p.A1)(SFC, 12/4/01, p.A2)(NW,
12/31/01, p.109)
2008 Mar 17, A judge awarded
Heather Mills a total of $48.6 million in the financial settlement
of her divorce from former Beatle Paul McCartney. This was a fifth
of what she had demanded.
(AP, 3/17/08)(Econ, 3/22/08, p.65)
2008 Mar 24, Neil Aspinall
(b.1941)), Beatle associate and boss of Apple Corps, died in NYC.
(Econ, 4/5/08,
p.90)(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Aspinall)
