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2010

Demolition Risk Rises For Ringo's Birthplace (12-28-10)
Abbey Road Crossing Protected (12-22-10)
Ringo Starr Homes In News (12-18-10)
McCartney Plays The Apollo (12-14-10)
James Taylor's Brush With Lennon's Killer (12-8-10)
UK Christmas Concerts For McCartney (12-7-10)
Tyler Honors McCartney In DC  (12-6-10)
Macabre Lennon Artifact Selling (11-27-10)
More Lennon Lyrics Going To Auction  (11-23-10)
Beatles Catalog Hits iTunes(11-16-10)
Lennon Jacket Goes Under Gavel (11-10-10)
John Lennon On New Coin (11/1/10)
Ringo's House Gets Protection (10-27-10)
Another English Heritage Honor For Lennon (10-23-10)
Sir Paul Saves Woman From Speeding Bike (10-16-10)
FBI Seizes Lennon Prints  (10-8-10)
Ozzy Pays Tribute To Lennon (10-6-10)
Scavengers Raid Ringo Starr Home (9-28-10)
Limited Edition Lennon Guitars From Gibson (9-22-10)
Band On The Run Expands (9-17-10)
Lennon Tribute In Big Apple (9-14-10)
Mini Debut For McCartney Son (9-11-10)
McCartney In Line For Kennedy Award (9-9-10)
Lennon Killer Stays Behind Bars  (9-7-10)
Beatles Landmark Destroyed (9-7-10)
Bidding Frenzy For Lennon Toilet (8-28-10)
Campaign Opens To Save Ringo's Home (8-25-10)
McCartney & Buffett Attend Clinton Party  (8-23-10)
Lennon John Going To Auction (8-23-10)
Ringo's First Home Facing Demolition Again  (8-18-10)
Abbey Road Piano Reportedly Pulled From Sale  (8-15-10)
Abbey Road Web Cam  (8-11-10)
Conservatory A No-Go For Ringo (8-6-10)
Rare Beatles Photos Fetch 20k (8-4-10)
Lennon Time Capsules In Cleveland  (7-31-10)
Hendrix, Doors, Beatles Items To Auction  (7-19-10)
Abbey Road Piano Up For Grabs (7-17-10)
Everything But Beatles In Apple Plans (7-6-10)
Kevin Spacey Joins McCartney Live (7-3-10)
Lennon Remasters In The Works (7-1-10)
Beatles Songs Still With Jackson (6-24-10)
Unreleased Beatles Footage Coming (6-22-10)
Lennon Lyrics Fetch Huge Sum (6-19-10)
Unique Rock Collectible Uncovered (6-15-10)
Delaney & Bonnie Box Set (6-15-10)
McCartney Works Purple Haze Into Isle of Wight Set (6-14-10)
McCartney Serenades First Lady (6-3-10)
Close Call For McCartney In Mexico (6-1-10)
Scorsese At Work On George Harrison Documentary (5-17-10)
Beatles Course Big Draw At UC Berkeley (5-15-10)
Controversial Beatle Press Conference To Sell (5-12-10)
Apple Years Beatles Movie (5-10-10)
McCartney Abandons EMI (4-22-10)
Liverpool Plans Long Lennon Tribute (3-24-10)
McCartney Books UK Festivals (3-2-10)
Gov. Protects Abbey Road Studio (2-23-10)
Plastic Ono Band Comes Together (2-17-10)
Ringo Lands on Hollywood Walk (2-8-10)
Starr's Star Joins Stars on Hollywood Walk (2-4-10)
Ringo & Santana Pass Out Hardware Sunday (1-28-10)
School Lennon & Harrison Attended Bans Photos (1-21-10)
McCartney May Marry Again (1-18-10)
Yellow Submarine Screening in 3D (1-12-10)
Clapton Signs On for Ono Reunion (1-12-10)
Grammy Museum Scores Ringo Set (1-7-10)
Yoko Ono Plans Book (1-5-10)

2009

Ringo Takes Charge (12-28-09)
Beatles Cruise on the Horizon (12-23-09)
Marathon 1968 Lennon Interview Emerges (12-17-09)
Ringo & McCartney collaborate (11-19-09)
McCartney earns Gershwin award (11-16-09)
McCartney Citi Field concert comes to ABC TV (11-12-09)
Move Toward Digital Beatles (11-10-09)
Imagine There's No Hunger Launched (11-9-09)
Ghost Writer finishes Harrison song (11-3-09)
Book spills Beatles & Stones stories (10-30-09)
Abbey Road goes digital - sort of (10-19-09)
Beatles Rock Walk in Liverpool (10-12-09)
Lucy In The Sky Tribute (10-11-09)
Real life Lucy in the sky dies (9-28-09)
George Harrison's widow prevails in fence battle (9-26-09)
Beatle catalogue sales surge (9-22-09)
Disney To Re-Launch Yellow Submarine (9-13-09)
Beatles Here, There, Almost Everywhere (9-11-09)
Beatles Rock Band arrives (9-7-09)
Abbey Road crossing reenacted by thousands (8-8-09)
McCartney takes field @ Fenway (8-5-09)
Beatles Rock Band comes together (7-21-09)
Paul McCartney does first concert at Citi Field (7-18-09)
Paul McCartney scales theater marquee for free set in NYC (7-16-09)
Paul McCartney says MJ will omission no surprise (7-9-9-19)
Beatles & Rolling Stones manager Klein dies (7-4-09)
John Lennon acoustic guitar tops Christies auction (7-3-09)
All Together Now in Budweiser ad (7-2-09)
Paul McCartney joins Neil Young in London (6-28-09)
Signed Sgt. Pepper poster tops Christies auction (6-24-09)
Paul McCartney goes green for Atlanta (6-24-09)
Copy of Beatles management contract being given away (6-17-09)
Cheap Trick serves up St. Pepper (6-12-09)
Paul McCartney could play Fenway Park (6-7-09)

2008

NOTEWORTHY DATES

  3 24 2018 413 rare, candid early photos of the Beatles auctioned for $358,000 (story)

  3 20 2018 Ringo Starr knighted at Buckingham Palace (story)
12 19 2015 Paul McCartney joins E Street Band during SNL Christmas show  (12-19-2015) (watch)

  5 17 2014 Harrison guitar sells for $657,000

  1 27 2014 Ringo & Paul record several songs for Ed Sullivan anniversary show on CBS (story)
 1 26 2014 McCartney & Starr play together during Grammy Awards
 8 23 2012
Lennon's Killer Denied Parole for 7th Time
 5 23 2012 UK collector pays $31,000 for opposite direction photo of Abbey Road cover
 4 26 2012 Paul McCartney appears on live 30 Rock episode (story)
 2 09 2012 Paul McCartney awarded star on Hollywood Walk Of Fame (story)
12 05 2011 Ron Wood joins Paul McCartney for Get Back during London concert (story)
10 09 2011 Paul McCartney marries Nancy Schvell in London (story)
 
1 03 2011 Suit John wore crossing Abbey Road auctioned for $46,000 (story)
12 22 2010 Abbey Road crossing gets English Heritage status (story)
12 13 2010 Paul McCartney plays the Apollo Theater (story)
12 11 2010 Paul McCartney plays Saturday Night Live 
12 05 2010 Paul receives Kennedy Center Honor in DC (story)
11 16 2010 Apple releases entire Beatles catalog on iTunes (story)
11 01 2010 Royal Mint releases John Lennon coin (story)
10 22 2010 English Heritage plaque unveiled at John & Yoko's first apartment (story)
10 14 2010 Paul McCartney saves pedestrian from being rundown by cyclist (story)
 
9 07 2010 Lennon killer denied parole for 6th time (story)
 
9 06 2010 Fire destroys Kingsway Club, scene of first concert with Ringo (story)
 
8 22 2010 Paul McCartney attends Bill Clinton's 64th birthday party (story)
 
8 19 2010 Paul McCartney calls Bill Clinton and sings When I'm 64 on Clinton's birthday
   8 04 2010
Rare Beatles photos auction for more than $20k, Berkshire, UK (story)
   6 18 2010 A Day In The Life lyrics sell for $1.2 million in New York auction (story)
  6 03 2010 Paul McCartney plays East Room of the White House (story)
 
5 29 2010 Mob swarms over McCartney tour bus in Mexico City (story)
 
2 16 2010 Plastic Ono Band performs at Brooklyn Academy of Music (story)
 
2 08 2010 Ringo Starr awarded star on Hollywood Walk (story)
 
2 16 2010 Plastic Ono Band reunites at Brooklyn Academy of Music (story)
 
1 12 2010 Ringo Starr releases Y Not (story)

11 17 2009 Paul McCartney Good Evening New York City released
11 03 2009 Beatles On Camera off Guard published
 11 93 2009 Paul McCartney On Camera Off Guard published
  9 09 2009 Remastered Beatles catalogue and 2 box sets released
[story]
  9 09 2009 The Beatles: Rock Band released [story]
  6 01 2009 McCartney, Ringo, Olivia Harrison & Yoko Ono @ Rock Band PR event [story]
  4 14 2009 George Harrison posthumously awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame. [story]
  4 04 2009 Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr @ Radio City Music Hall benefit concert [story]
  9 04 2008 Brian Epstein's original management contract sells for $426,000 in London auction.
  9 25 2008 Paul McCartney performs for a crowd of 40,000 in Tel Aviv.
[story]
  5 08 2006 Apple Corps loses trademark infringement case filed against Apple computer.
 12     2005 McCartney, Starr & Lennon Harrison estates sue EMI for unpaid royalties.
 10 27 2005 3 Sgt. Peppers costumes auctioned in London.
   7 28 2005 Lennon's lyrics for All You Need Is Love bring close to $1 million
  5 20 2001 John Lennon harmonica auctioned for $3,400
  9 14 1999 John Lennon's guitar he played the day he met McCartney auctioned for $225,000
  6 08 1998 Paul, George & Ringo do Let It Be at Linda McCartney's service at London church
  3 19 1996 Beatles Anthology II released
10 05 1993 Red & Blue retrospective albums released
  7 28 1987 Beatles sue Nike for using Revolution in tv commercial
  8 10 1985 Beatle song catalog sold to Michael Jackson for 47.5 million
  9 19 1976 Sid Bernstein runs full page ad in the NY Times urging a single show reunion
  8 31 1976 George Harrison convicted of plagiarizing He's So Fine on My Sweet Lord
  1 19 1976 Band offered 30 million to reunite for a 20 minute concert
11 02 1974 George Harrison opens first Beatle solo tour in Vancouver's Pacific Colesium
  2 28 1972 George and Patti Harrison injured in car wreck after Rick Nelson London concert
  3 12 1971 British High Court ruling dissolves Beatle partnership
  2 23 1971 George Harrison's English drivers license revoked for 1 year for speeding
12 31 1970 McCartney files suit in London to dissolve Beatle partnership
10     1970  Paul McCartney announces he'll no longer record with John Lennon
  7 30 1970 Apple Boutique in London closes
  5 20 1970 Beatle's "Let It Be" premiers in London
  5 15 1970 Let it Be released in US
  5 13 1970 Let It Be premier in New York.
  2 26 1970 Hey Jude released
  1 15 1970 John Lennon's "Bag One" art show opens
  1 03 1970 Beatles record "I Me Mine", final song together
12 06 1969 John Lennon Yoko Ono release Plastic Ono Band's Live Peace in Toronto
11 25 1969 John Lennon returns MBE to protest UK support of Vietnam War
  9 26 1969 Abbey Road released
  9 22 1969 Paul McCartney dead rumors triggered by University Illinois student newspaper
  8 08 1969 Abbey Road cover photo taken
  7 01 1969 John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Julian treated after car crashes in Scotland
  5 26 1969 John Lennon & Yoko Ono open Montreal "Bed IN" at Queen Elizabeth Hotel
  5 16 1969 Beatle John Lennon declared "inadmissible immigrant" by U.S. Immigration Dept
  3 25 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono start Bed In For Peace,  Amsterdam Hilton
  3 20 1969 John Lennon marries Yoko Ono
  3 12 1969 Paul McCartney marries Linda Eastman
  1 30 1969 Beatles play Apple HQ rooftop in London, last public appearance.
  1 13 1969 Yellow Submarine released in US
  1 02 1969 Beatles start filming Let It Be (originally titled Get Back)
12 02 1968 George Harrison releases Wonderwall
11 08 1968 John Lennon's wife Cynthia granted divorce
11 21 1968 White Album released in US
11 13 1968 Yellow Submarine US movie premier
10 18 1968 John Lennon & Yoko Ono arrested for marijuana possession
  9 03 1968 Ringo Starr rejoins 
  8 23 1968 Ringo Starr quits during White Album session
  8 22 1968 John Lennon sued for divorce by Cynthia
  8 11 1968 Hey Jude/Revolution, first Apple single released
  7 01 1968 John Lennon's first art exhibit "You Are Here" opens in London
  7 17 1968 Yellow Submarine movie premiers
  3 15 1968 Lady Madonna/Inner Light single released in US
12 26 1967 Beatle's Magical Mystery Tour premiers on British TV
12 04 1967 Apple Boutique opens in London 
11 27 1967 Magical Mystery Tour released
10 26 1967 Magical Mystery Tour debuts on BBC Television
  8 27 1967 Brian Epstein dies from sleeping pill overdose
  8 24 1967 Beatles meet Maharishi in London
  6 03 1967 Sgt. Pepper released
  4 20 1967 Beatles start recording Magical Mystery Tour
  3 30 1967 Photo session for Sgt. Pepper cover
11 09 1966 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at London Art Gallery
  8 08 1966 Beatles banned in South Africa
  8 09 1966 Revolver released in US (8/5 in UK)
  8 12 1966 Beatles open last U.S. tour in Chicago
  8 29 1966 Beatles end U.S. tour at Candlestick Park, San Francisco 
  6 15 1966 Yesterday & Today released
  3 04 1966 John Lennon says Beatles "…more popular than Jesus"
  1 21 1966 George Harrison marries Patti Boyd
12 06 1965 Rubber Soul released in US
10 26 1965 Beatles appointed Members of Order of British Empire
  9 13 1965 Ringo Starr & Maureen's son Zak Starkey born
  8 27 1965 Beatles meet Elvis Presley at his Beverly Hills home
  8 15 1965 Beatles play Shea Stadium
  8 13 1965 Help released in US
  2 11 1965 Ringo Starr Marries Maureen Cox
12 15 1964 Beatles '65 released in US 
12 04 1964 Beatles For Sale released in UK
11 23 1964 The Beatle's Story released in US
  8 19 1964 Beatles open first U.S. tour, Cow Palace, San Francisco
  7 06 1964 Hard Day's Night movie premier in London
  7 20 1964 Something New released in US
  6 26 1964 A Hard Days Night released in U.S.(7/10 in UK)
  6 04 1964 Beatles open first tour in Denmark
  4 10 1964 The Beatle's Second Album released in US
  3 23 1964 John Lennon's In His Own Write published
  3 02 1964 Beatles start filming A Hard Day's Night
  2 07 1964 Beatles arrive in New York at JFK
  2 09 1964 Beatles appear on Ed Sullivan Show
  2 11 1964 Beatles do first US concert, Coliseum in Washington, DC
  2 12 1964 Beatles play Carnegie Hall
  1 20 1964 Meet The Beatles released in US
11 02 1963 London's Daily Mirror coins term "Beatlemania" in concert review
  7 22 1963 Introducing the Beatles released in England
  4 08 1963 John Lennon's first wife, Cynthia, gives birth to Julian
  2 25 1963 Please Please Me released in US
  1 19 1963 Beatles British TV debut on Thank Your Lucky Stars
10 01 1962 Brian Epstein signs management contract
  8 16 1962 Pete Best fired after Ringo agrees to join the day before
  8 15 1962 Beatles invite Ringo Starr to join
  8 23 1962 John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell, Liverpool
  6 06 1962 Beatles audition and sign with EMI Records
  4 10 1962 Stuart Sutcliff dies (cerebral paralysis)
  1 01 1962 Beatles audition for Decca Records
 11 09 1961 Brian Epstein sees band for the first time at Cavern Club
   7 06 1957 John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet
   2 25 1954 George Harrison born
   6 18 1942 Paul McCartney born
 10 09 1940 John Winston Lennon born, Liverpool
   7 07 1940 Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) born
  9 19 1934  Brian Epstein born, Liverpool (dies 8/27/67)
  1 03 1926  George Martin born