August 17, 1966
On this day in 1966, during a press conference between two concerts in Toronto, Ontario, the Beatles made a controversial statement by voicing their opinion on the war and [...]
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April 9, 1970
On this day in 1970, Paul McCartney quit The Beatles, which ended the group. The band members were are all working on solo projects at the time and as Paul McCartney states [...]
January 30, 1969
Today in 1969, The Beatles played a lunch-time gig on top of the Apple Building in London. It would be their last show. The performance lasted just longer than 40 minutes, [...]
July 30, 1968
On this day in 1968, The Beatles’ Apple Boutique, a psychedelic clothing store located at 94 Baker Street in London, closed for business after seven months of [...]
July 4, 2002
On this day in 2002, George Harrison’s “attacker”, the man who assaulted and nearly killed Harrison, was given a conditional release by a Mental Health [...]
March 27, 1979
On this day in 1979, Eric Clapton married Pattie Boyd. Clapton had been in love with Boyd since the late sixties, but Boyd was then married to Clapton’s best friend, [...]
January 19, 1971
On this day in 1971, prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi played a recording of The Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter’ at Charles Manson’s murder trial. Bugliosi trying to [...]
October 7, 1967
On this day in 1967, promoter Sid Bernstein, who had helped promote The Beatles at their first two Shea Stadium concerts, offered one million dollars to the group, who was [...]
September 14, 2007
On this day in 2007, The Beatles-inspired movie Across The Universe premiered at the Toronto International Film [...]
August 27, 1965
Today in 1965, The Beatles met Elvis Presley at his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tenn. Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker, introduced the two, after which an [...]