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The Dorchester Hotel opens on Park Lane, Mayfair, London, UK. It will become one the main hotels frequented by the rich and famous, including such music celebrities as The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Julie Andrews, Mariah Carey, Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Duke Ellington, Prince and Morrissey.
The Beatles play at The Cassanova Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, and also at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool.
The Beatles, Gerry and The Pacemakers and Rory Storm And The Hurricanes play at The Town Hall, Litherland, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, Europe.Manager Brian Epstein informs The Beatles' drummer Pete Best that he is fired, and is to be replaced by Ringo Starr.
The Beatles play at The Memorial Hall, Northwich, England, UK, Europe, supported by Denny Curtis And The Renegades plus The Cruisers With Karl Terry.
The Beatles play the second date of a week-long season of shows at The Winter Gardens, Margate, England, England, UK, Europe, supported by Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas.Athur Howes, booking agent for The Kinks, watches The Beatles perform Long Tall Sally at L'Olympia in Paris, France, Europe. The following morning he places a call to London instructing The Kinks to record the song as their debut single.
She Loves You by The Beatles enters the Billboard singles chart in the USA, on its way to the No1 position.
The Beatles enjoy a rare day off during filming for their first movie, A Hard Day's Night, in the UK.
The Beatles' performance on the recent NME Pollwinners awards show is transmitted on UK tv.
American music trade magazine Billboard reports that sales of harmonicas have rocketed
because of their use by such contemporary stars as Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles.
The Beatles hold a press conference prior to their show at the Boston Gardens, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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The Beatles are working in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK, on Honey Don't and What You're Doing for the album Beatles For Sale.
The Beatles, Mary Wells, Tommy Quickly, and Sounds Incorporated UK tour plays at the Capitol Cinema, Cardiff, Wales.
The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein gives a large rocking horse to John Lennon's son Julian for Christmas.
The Beatles are in Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, UK, working on I Need You, Another Girl and Yes It Is.
Jazz guitarist Grant Green records I Want To Hold Your Hand written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles, for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA
The Beatles are seen on the UK tv show Thank Your Lucky Stars, miming to Ticket To Ride, Yes It Is and Eight Days A Week. The show also features The Animals, The Drifters, Dionne Warwick, Tom Jones and Peter And Gordon.
The Beatles release a new single, I Don't Want To Spoil The Party, in Japan, Asia, on Odeon Records.
At the end of a tour of the USA, The Beatles hang out with The Byrds in Los Angeles, California, USA, before flying home to the UK in the evening.
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The Beatles record Drive My Car, for the album Rubber Soul, at EMI Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe.
We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper by The Beatles reaches No1 in the Swedish Pop Singles Chart for the first of five weeks.
Michael Irwin presents a lecture in the Four College Lecture Hall for WFCR Radio of Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, about the Beatles impact on popular culture and mass culture.An orchestral backing for The Beatles' song She's Leaving Home is recorded in EMI Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe. Although the group's regular producer/arranger George Martin, conducts the session, he feels slighted because Paul McCartney had given the job of arranging the track's strings to Mike Leander.
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The Beatles undertake the first of several recording sessions for the song You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) in Abbey Road studios, London, England, UK, Europe. At this session they record intrumental tracks only.
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The Beatles sign a contract to represent the BBC and Britain, on Our World, the world's first live television satellite link-up, which will be be seen by approximately 400 million people across five continents.
Hey Jude by The Beatles reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA.
Jefferson Airplane are filmed performing House at Pooneil Corners on the roof of The Schuyler Hotel, 57 West 45th Street, New York City, USA. The filming is directed by Jean Luc Godard for a proposed movie, and is said to have inspired The Beatles' subsequent rooftop performance at Apple HQ in London. [N.B. Some sources claim this filming took place on November 1, but the Airplane were in California on and around that date].
In an interview, John Lennon likens The Beatles' company Apple Corps to a big black hole that is sucking up all his benefits as a composer and performer.
John Lennon's ex-wife Cynthia marries Italian hotel and tourism entrepreneur Roberto Bassanini in London, England, UK, Europe.
Beatlemania! a Broadway stage-show tribute to the music of The Beatles, starring sound- and look-alikes, opens at The Winter Garden Theater, New York City, USA, to rave reviews.
The album Double Fantasy by 
Paul McCartney, allied with Yoko Ono, announces plans to sue ATV Music for alleged breach of trust, after failing to buy the Lennon-McCartney song publishing company Northern Songs.George Harrison concludes three months of recording sessions for his album Cloud Nine.
A private dinner is held for the family and friends of Eric Clapton at The Savoy, London, England, UK, Europe, to mark the guitarist's 25th year in the music business. Guests include George Harrison.
On his first All Starr Band tour, Ringo Starr plays the second of two nights at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, Long Island, New York State, USA. The band includes Billy Preston, Dr. John, Joe Walsh, Levon Helm, Jim Keltner, Nils Lofgren, Clarence Clemons and Rick Danko.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 'buries' a stainless steel time capsule in honour of John Lennon of The Beatles in its archives. The capsule, containing CDs, DVDs, books and two notes written by Lennon's widow Yoko Ono, is scheduled to be re-opened thirty years later.
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