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The Beatles

English pop rock band (1960–1970)

19 dated entries naming The Beatles, drawn from 11 separate years between 1940 CE and 2023 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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20th century

  • 1940July 7 – Sir Ringo Starr, English musician, singer, songwriter and actor (The Beatles)source
  • 1940October 9 – The Lead Singer of The Beatles, John Lennon was born.source
  • 1940October 9 – John Lennon, English musician, singer-songwriter (The Beatles) (died 1980)source
  • 1943February 25 – George Harrison, English singer, guitarist (The Beatles) (died 2001)source
  • 19625 October – The Beatles' first single in their own right, Love Me Do, is released by Parlophone. This version was recorded on 4 September at Abbey Road Studios in London with Ringo Starr as drummer.source
  • 1963March 22 – The Beatles first album Please Please Me was released in the UK and became a huge commercial success.source
  • 196421–27 June – The Beatles tour New Zealand.source
  • 1964February 9 – The Beatles perform for the first time for an American audience on The Ed Sullivan Show to a record television audience of 73 million people, launching Beatlemania in the United States, as part of The British Invasion.source
  • 1964September 11 – In Jacksonville, Florida, during a tour of the United States, John Lennon announces that the Beatles will not play to a segregated audience.source
  • 1967June 25 – 400 million viewers watch Our World, the first live, international, satellite television production. It features the live debut of The Beatles' song "All You Need Is Love".source
  • 1967November 27 – The Beatles release Magical Mystery Tour in the U.S. as a full album. The songs added to the original six songs on the double EP include "All You Need Is Love", "Penny Lane", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Baby, You're a Rich Man" and "Hello, Goodbye". Release as a double EP will not take place in the UK until December.source
  • 1967December 8 – Magical Mystery Tour is released by The Beatles as a double EP in the UK, while the only psychedelic rock album by The Rolling Stones, Their Satanic Majesties Request, is released in the UK and in the US.source
  • 1967December 26 – The Beatles' film Magical Mystery Tour receives its world première on BBC Television in the UK.source
  • 1969September 26 – The Beatles release their eleventh studio album, Abbey Road in the United Kingdomsource
  • 1970April 10 – In a press release written in mock-interview style, that is included in promotional copies of his first solo album, Paul McCartney announces that he has left The Beatles.source
  • 1970December 31 – Paul McCartney sues in Britain to dissolve The Beatles' legal partnership.source
  • 1980December 8 – John Lennon, 40, English musician (The Beatles, Plastic Ono Band), songwriter ("Imagine", "Give Peace a Chance") and activist, shot.source

21st century

  • 2008February 5 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 90, Indian founder of Transcendental Meditation movement, former guru to The Beatles.source
  • 2023November 2 – The Beatles release "Now and Then", the band's last ever song, featuring restored vocals by John Lennon (1940–1980), as well as guitar tracks by George Harrison (1943–2001).source

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