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- "I Me Mine" is recorded by Harrison, McCartney and Starr. (en)
- Paul McCartney is awarded the Order of the Companions of Honour for his service to music. (en)
- "Sweet Georgia Brown" / "Take Out Some Insurance on Me, Baby" released by Atco. (en)
- The divorce proceedings between Paul and Heather Mills McCartney conclude in court 34 of the Royal Courts of Justice, on The Strand, in the City of Westminster, London. (en)
- The Quarrymen pay 17 pounds and 6 pence to record two songs at a local recording studio in Liverpool, namely "That'll Be the Day" by Buddy Holly and "In Spite of All the Danger" by Harrison and McCartney. (en)
- "Please Please Me" / "Ask Me Why" released in the U.S.A. by Vee-Jay Records. (en)
- "Komm, gib mir deine Hand / Sie liebt dich" released in West Germany by EMI's Odeon Records. (en)
- The Beatles play at the Riverpark Ballroom in Chester (en)
- Ringo Starr returns behind his drum kit in Melbourne, Australia. (en)
- The Beatles: Live at the Hollywood Bowl is released. (en)
- Lennon is shot and killed outside his New York City apartment building by a deranged fan. (en)
- Zak Starkey is born to Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey. (en)
- McCartney marries Heather Mills at Castle Leslie in County Monaghan, Ireland. (en)
- The Beatles' final photo shoot at Tittenhurst Park, John Lennon's estate. (en)
- Two more girls enquire about the record which prompts Epstein to order 200 copies of the disc (en)
- Richard "Richie" Starkey is hired as the drummer for "Al Caldwell and his Raving Texans" after being spotted on the "6.5 Special" talent show. Band members adopt western-sounding stage names, and Starkey becomes Ringo Starr. The band will shortly change its name to Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. (en)
- George Harrison attacked in his home and seriously hurt. (en)
- Lennon and Harrison buy new guitars from Rushworth and Dreaper's in Liverpool (en)
- The Beatles play a Royal Command Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London, in the presence of The Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon. (en)
- "Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You" released in Canada. Only 170 copies are sold. (en)
- The Quarrymen audition for Carroll Levis's TV Star Search at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool, but do not qualify. (en)
- Heather See is born in Tucson, Arizona, to Linda and Joseph See. In 1969, she will be adopted by Paul McCartney following his marriage to her mother. (en)
- Get Back – The Rooftop Performance is released onto streaming services. (en)
- The Quarrymen play at the opening night of the Casbah Club, owned by Best's mother, Mona. The band consists of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Ken Brown, with no drummer. (en)
- The Silver Beetles audition for Larry Parnes to support Billy Fury on his next tour. They are unsuccessful, but are offered the chance to support Johnny Gentle on a tour of Scotland (en)
- Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 released. (en)
- Epstein writes to Bert Kaempfert, asking him to release the Beatles from the Polydor contract they entered when they recorded with Tony Sheridan (en)
- The Beatles and Epstein meet again, this time at the Casbah Coffee Club (en)
- Epstein visits the HMV store in Oxford Street, where he meets Ted Huntley, who refers him to Ardmore & Beechwood. General manager Sidney Coleman arranges a meeting with EMI producer Martin (en)
- The Beatles' partnership is officially dissolved by London's High Court of Justice. (en)
- The Beatles give a New Year's Eve performance at the Casbah Club (en)
- "The Beatles: The Authorised Biography" by Hunter Davies published (en)
- The "Beatles Farewell Show" takes place at the Aintree Institute, Liverpool. The show goes on all night, concluding at 8am, and features performances from other Liverpool bands such as Gerry & the Pacemakers and Rory Storm and the Hurricanes (en)
- "All My Loving" / "This Boy" released. (en)
- "And I Love Her" / "If I Fell" released. (en)
- "From Me to You" / "Thank You Girl" released. (en)
- "Get Back" / "Don't Let Me Down" released. (en)
- "Hello, Goodbye" / "I Am the Walrus" released. (en)
- "Help!" / "I'm Down" released. (en)
- "Hey Jude" / "Revolution" released. (en)
- "I Feel Fine" / "She's a Woman" released. (en)
- "I Want to Hold Your Hand" / "This Boy" released. (en)
- "If I Fell" / "Tell Me Why" released. (en)
- "Lady Madonna" / "The Inner Light" released. (en)
- "Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You" released. (en)
- "Love Me Do" enters the UK Singles Chart (en)
- "Mad Day Out" photo shoot. (en)
- "Matchbox" / "Slow Down" released. (en)
- "Nowhere Man" / "What Goes On" released. (en)
- "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" / "Julia" released. (en)
- "Paperback Writer" / "Rain" released. (en)
- "Please Please Me" / "From Me to You" released. (en)
- "Real Love" / "Baby's in Black" released. (en)
- "Roll Over Beethoven" / "Misery" released. (en)
- "She Loves You" / "I'll Get You" released. (en)
- "Something" / "Come Together" released. (en)
- "The Beatles" cartoon series premieres on ABC. (en)
- "Ticket to Ride" / "Yes It Is" released. (en)
- "Twist and Shout" / "There's a Place" released. (en)
- "We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper" released. (en)
- "Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby" released. (en)
- "Yesterday" / "Act Naturally" released. (en)
- Remaining Beatles start recording sessions for Lennon's demo of Real Love. (en)
- The Beatles, wrongly billed as the "Beetles", play at the "Big Beat Ball" at the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton, Merseyside (en)
- "She Loves You" / "I'll Get You" released by Swan Records. (en)
- Paul McCartney is born in the Walton Hospital, Liverpool. (en)
- "Yesterday" / "I Should Have Known Better" released. (en)
- "Ain't She Sweet" / "Nobody's Child" released by Polydor. (en)
- McCartney's first performance with the Quarrymen at the New Clubmoor Hall, Liverpool. (en)
- The Beatles' first performance back in England, at St John's Hall, Tuebrook, Liverpool (en)
- Epstein books a ticket to see the Beatles at the Cavern Club, citing an "important visit" (en)
- The Quarrymen perform at The Cavern Club for the first time. (en)
- The Beatles' management contract officially begins (en)
- The Beatles: Eight Days a Week DVD and Blu-ray released. (en)
- McCartney, Harrison and Starr record overdubs on Lennon's demo of Free as a Bird with former Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick and producer Jeff Lynne. (en)
- The Beatles and Bob Wooler meet Epstein at his NEMS store (en)
- The Beatles start the sessions for "Let It Be", their last album to be issued. They are filmed and recorded by Michael Lindsay-Hogg for a documentary. The bulk of these recording sessions end on the 31. (en)
- Lennon forms a skiffle group called the Black Jacks with Pete Shotton. The band is later renamed the Quarrymen. (en)
- Allen Klein negotiates a new contract with Parlophone. (en)
- McCartney marries Linda Eastman at the Marylebone Registry Office. (en)
- Harrison marries Olivia Trinidad Arias at the Henley-on-Thames Register Office, England. (en)
- James McCartney is born in London to Paul and Linda McCartney. (en)
- "Boys" / Medley: "Kansas City"/"Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" released. (en)
- Epstein and his assistant Alistair Taylor watch the Beatles perform a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club (en)
- The Beatles organise a Christmas concert at the Cavern Club that features for the first time Ringo Starr replacing a sick Pete Best. (en)
- The Beatles do a live radio recording with audience at Karlaplansstudion in Stockholm, Sweden for Sveriges Radio. (en)
- Recording Harrison's "Old Brown Shoe" which is completed two days later. (en)
- Epstein meets Dick Rowe and Beecher Stevens of Decca, who inform him that the Beatles were rejected in favour of Brian Poole & the Tremeloes (en)
- Final time the four Beatles are in the studio together, mixing and editing "I Want You (She's So Heavy)". (en)
- "The Beatles Movie Medley" / "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" released. (en)
- Granada Television films the Beatles performing at the Cavern Club (en)
- Lennon and McCartney record "The Ballad of John and Yoko" while Harrison and Starr are absent. (en)
- As Johnny and the Moondogs, Lennon, McCartney and Harrison reach the final audition stage of Carroll Levis's TV Star Search at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool. Rory Storm and the Hurricanes with Starr finish 2nd out of 150 acts. (en)
- The "My Bonnie" single is released in the US credited to Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers (en)
- Drummer Jimmie Nicol is hired to replace Starr for a tour that starts this day in Copenhagen, Denmark and will pass though Australasia before continuing in Europe. (en)
- The Beatles travel to London for an audition with Decca the next day (en)
- Lennon, McCartney and Harrison instruct Epstein to inform Best he is no longer in the band. Johnny Hutchinson of The Big Three fills in for him (en)
- A Collection of Beatles Oldies released. (en)
- A Hard Day's Night begins filming. (en)
- A Hard Day's Night released. (en)
- Abbey Road released. (en)
- Abbey Road: 50th Anniversary Edition released. (en)
- Ain't She Sweet released by Atco. (en)
- All My Loving released. (en)
- All Together Now released. (en)
- Anthology 1 released. (en)
- Anthology 2 released. (en)
- Anthology 3 released. (en)
- Apple Corps is formed. (en)
- Around the Beatles is aired. (en)
- Astrid Kirchherr is born in Hamburg. (en)
- "Please Please Me" / "Ask Me Why" released in Europe. (en)
- More popular than Jesus remark sparks wild reactions in southeast US (en)
- Barbara Bach is born in New York City. (en)
- Beatles '65 released. (en)
- Beatles VI released. (en)
- Beatles for Sale released. (en)
- Beatles for Sale No. 2 released. (en)
- Beatles for Sale released. (en)
- Beatles perform at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester (en)
- Best is hired as drummer for the Silver Beetles (en)
- Brian Epstein is born in Liverpool. (en)
- The Beatles and their wives go to Bangor, Wales to attend a seminar by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. (en)
- McCartney, Harrison and Starr start recording sessions for Lennon's demo of Now and Then with sound engineer Marc Mann and producer Jeff Lynne but abandon the work because of the poor sound quality. (en)
- Harrison meets the Quarrymen, and is invited to join despite being younger than the others. (en)
- Chas Newby dies aged 81. (en)
- Cynthia Lennon dies of cancer in Majorca, Spain. (en)
- Cynthia Powell is born in Blackpool. (en)
- "All You Need Is Love" / "Baby, You're a Rich Man" released. (en)
- Epstein asks Starr to join the Beatles permanently (en)
- Epstein officially forms NEMS Enterprises (en)
- The Beatles' first fan club performance, at the David Lewis Club in Liverpool (en)
- Four by the Beatles released. (en)
- From Then to You released. (en)
- Lennon's mother, Julia Lennon, is run over and killed by a car driven by an off-duty policeman. (en)
- George Martin dies at the age of 90. (en)
- George Martin is born in Highbury, London. (en)
- George and Pattie Harrison divorce. (en)
- Harrison dies of cancer in Los Angeles. (en)
- Harrison's 18th birthday (en)
- Heather Mills is born in Aldershot, Hampshire. (en)
- Help! the album released. (en)
- Help! the film released. (en)
- Here We Go is broadcast at 5pm (en)
- Hey Jude compilation album is released. (en)
- In the Beginning (Circa 1960) released. (en)
- Jane Asher is born in north-west London. (en)
- John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at the Indica Gallery (en)
- Ken Brown leaves the Quarrymen. (en)
- Klaus Voormann is born in Berlin. (en)
- "A Hard Day's Night" / "I Should Have Known Better" released. (en)
- Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar. (en)
- Lennon returns from Hamburg (en)
- Let It Be album released. (en)
- Let It Be film released. (en)
- Let It Be... Naked released. (en)
- Let It Be: Special Edition released. (en)
- Linda Eastman is born in New York City. (en)
- Live at the BBC released. (en)
- Long Tall Sally released. (en)
- Love Songs released. (en)
- Love released. (en)
- The Beatles appear live on Associated-Rediffusion's Tuesday Rendezvous from the Wembley television studios (en)
- The Beatles fly back to London from Sweden and are met at London Airport by 10,000 fans. (en)
- Magical Mystery Tour released. (en)
- Magical Mystery Tour broadcast. (en)
- Mal Evans is born in Liverpool. (en)
- Maureen Cox is born in Liverpool. (en)
- McCartney and Asher leave the Rishikesh retreat. (en)
- McCartney is invited to join the Quarrymen. (en)
- McCartney's 18th birthday (en)
- McCartney's mother, Mary, dies of breast cancer. (en)
- Meet the Beatles! released. (en)
- Music catalogue released on iTunes. (en)
- Music catalogue released on nine streaming sites. (en)
- Mary McCartney is born in London to Paul and Linda McCartney. (en)
- Epstein contacts Ron White of EMI in the hope of getting the Beatles a record contract (en)
- Remixed and augmented editions of 1962-1966 and 1967-1970 are released (en)
- Neil Aspinall is born in Prestatyn, Wales. (en)
- Nowhere Man released. (en)
- On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 released. (en)
- Past Masters released. (en)
- Pattie Boyd is born in Taunton, Somerset. (en)
- Paul McCartney is knighted. (en)
- Paul McCartney marries Nancy Shevell. (en)
- Pete Best is born in Madras, India. (en)
- Premiere of Cirque du Soleil's Love in Las Vegas. (en)
- Premiere of the revamped Love show in Las Vegas. (en)
- Cirque du Soleil's Love show in Las Vegas closes after eighteen years. (en)
- "Do You Want to Know a Secret" / "Thank You Girl" released. (en)
- Local DJ Bob Wooler writes an article on the Beatles for Mersey Beat (en)
- "The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue" released. (en)
- Rarities released. (en)
- Reel Music released. (en)
- Revolver released. (en)
- Revolver: Special Edition is released. (en)
- Rock 'n' Roll Music released. (en)
- Rubber Soul released. (en)
- Lennon marries Cynthia Powell at the Mount Pleasant Register office in Liverpool. (en)
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band released. (en)
- Something New released. (en)
- Starr and Cox marry. (en)
- Starr officially joins the Beatles (en)
- Starr's 21st birthday (en)
- Stuart Sutcliffe is born in Edinburgh, Scotland. (en)
- The Beatles begin a two day recording session, the so-called Kinfauns demos, at George Harrison's house in preparation for their next album. (en)
- Lee Starkey is born to Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey. (en)
- The Beatles attend another recording session to finish the "Please Please Me" single (en)
- The Beatles (No. 1) released. (en)
- The Beatles Anthology book published. (en)
- The Beatles Anthology is released on DVD. (en)
- The Beatles Ballads released. (en)
- The Beatles Box Set released. (en)
- The Beatles Box released. (en)
- The Beatles Collection released. (en)
- The Beatles at Shea Stadium released. (en)
- The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl released. (en)
- The Beatles in Mono released. (en)
- The Beatles is released. (en)
- The Beatles meet Epstein at his shop again (en)
- The Beatles receive MBE. (en)
- The Beatles return to England (en)
- The Beatles return to Liverpool (en)
- The Beatles sign a new contract with Epstein (en)
- The Beatles' Christmas Album released. (en)
- The Beatles' First released. (en)
- The Beatles' First! released by Polydor Records. (en)
- The Beatles' Hits released. (en)
- The Beatles' Long Tall Sally released. (en)
- The Beatles' Million Sellers released. (en)
- The Beatles' Second Album released. (en)
- The Beatles' Story released. (en)
- The Beatles' final performance at the Top Ten Club (en)
- The Beatles: 50th Anniversary Edition released. (en)
- The Beatles: Get Back book published. (en)
- The Beatles: Rock Band released. (en)
- The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit released. (en)
- The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 released. (en)
- The Capitol Albums, Volume 2 released. (en)
- The Compleat Beatles released. (en)
- The Early Beatles released. (en)
- The Early Tapes of the Beatles released. (en)
- The Please Please Me album released. (en)
- The Silver Beetles play the Jacaranda again (en)
- The Silver Beetles play the Lathom Hall, Liverpool (en)
- The Talent Spot is broadcast at 5pm (en)
- The U.S. Albums released. (en)
- The Yellow Submarine movie is released. (en)
- The next tour date is the town hall in Forres (en)
- The tour continues at the Regal Ballroom, Nairn (en)
- The tour continues at the Rescue Hall in Aberdeen (en)
- The tour continues to St Thomas's Hall, Banffshire (en)
- Tommy Moore leaves the Silver Beetles (en)
- Twist and Shout released. (en)
- UK version of 20 Greatest Hits released. (en)
- US version of 20 Greatest Hits released. (en)
- The Quarrymen change their name to the Silver Beetles (en)
- Very Together released. (en)
- John and Cynthia Lennon's divorce is completed with the granting of their decree nisi. (en)
- With the Beatles released. (en)
- McCartney and producer Giles Martin supervise the orchestral recording by arranger Ben Foster for Now and Then in Capitol Studios in Los Angeles. (en)
- Yellow Submarine Songtrack released. (en)
- Yellow Submarine released. (en)
- Yesterday and Today released. (en)
- Yesterday released. (en)
- Yoko Ono is born in Tokyo, Japan. (en)
- Polydor France releases "", Tony Sheridan's "My Bonnie" single as an EP, which includes "Cry for a Shadow", the first Beatles original recording ever released. (en)
- Andy White plays drums while Starr plays percussion accompaniments on third EMI recording session. This is the only occasion on which a session drummer is used on Beatles recordings. (en)
- The Beatles come out top of the first Mersey Beat poll to find the most popular group, in an issue devoted mainly to them (en)
- "Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You" released on Tollie records. (en)
- Dick Rowe, head of A&R at Decca, sends Mike Smith to watch the Beatles at the Cavern Club. Smith recommends that Decca set up an audition for the group (en)
- The Beatles sign copies of their new single at Dawson's Music Shop in Widnes, Cheshire—the first of many such public appearances (en)
- The Beatles make another appearance at the Cavern Club, to play both the lunchtime and evening slots. The band plays many local gigs—predominately at the Cavern—in the following months (en)
- Tony Sheridan With The Beatles – My Bonnie released by Polydor. (en)
- "Love Me Do" appears in the listings of favourite songs in Record Retailer (en)
- The Beatles' performance on ITV's weekly televised musical variety show Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium launches Beatlemania for Beatle publicist Tony Barrow. (en)
- Recording new guitar solo for the single version of "Let It Be" then vocals and sound effects for "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)". (en)
- "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "With a Little Help from My Friends" / "A Day in the Life" released. (en)
- A Hard Day's Night released by United Artists Records. (en)
- Stuart Sutcliffe leaves the Beatles. He remains in West Germany and becomes engaged to Astrid Kirchherr (en)
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