1961 – The Beatles perform a nighttime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool.

1962 – The Beatles perform a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool, and that night they perform at the Rialto Ballroom, Toxteth, Liverpool.

1963 – The Beatles Hits (Parlophone 8808) is released in the U.K. Tracks: “From Me to You,” “Thank You Girl,” “Please Please Me,” and “Love Me Do.” Highest chart position: No.1. The Beatles perform at the Odeon Cinema in Luton, Bedfordshire.

1964 – The Beatles perform at Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan.

1967 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London. Overdubs are recorded for “I Am the Walrus,” including Paul’s bass, Ringo’s drums, and John’s lead vocal. Paul then records a demo version of “The Fool On the Hill,” singing and playing piano. This is followed by The Beatles recording take one of the rhythm track for “Blue Jay Way.” This session begins at 7:00 pm and ends at 3:00 am. The demo of “The Fool On the Hill” is included on “The Beatles Anthology 2″ (Disc two, Track 15).

1968 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London. Overdubs are a guitar solo by Eric Clapton are recorded onto “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” bringing the song to conclusion. Paul plays a fuzz bass guitar, Ringo adds percussion, George adds some organ notes, and then George records his lead vocal. Paul McCartney films a short film with Mary Hopkin, accompanying her on piano, for inclusion in a six-minute promotional film about Mary, broadcast on September 10.

1960 – The Beatles perform at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, West Germany.

1961 – The Beatles perform a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool. Advertisements for the evening show listed the Beatles as performers, but they were withdrawn from the bill and rescheduled for the following night.

1962 – The Beatles perform a nighttime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool, having rescheduled their lunchtime show to give them time to get back from their recording session in London the previous day.

1963 – The Beatles perform at the Gaumont Cinema, Taunton.

1964 – The Beatles perform at the International Amphitheater, Chicago, Illinois.

1966 – John Lennon flies to Celle, West Germany a NATO tank range near Hanover) to begin filming his first and only solo film role, in Richard Lester’s “How I Won the War.”

1967 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio One, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London. Recording begins for John’s song “I Am the Walrus.” Sixteen takes are taped of the rhythm track. The glorious multitude of overdubs that distinguish the song will be recorded in later sessions. Take 16, the basic track of “I Am the Walrus” before the overdubs were added, is included on “The Beatles Anthology 2″ (Disc two, Track 14).

1968 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London, recording overdubs onto “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” After hearing playbacks, George Harrison decides to re-make the song, recording takes 17-44 of a basic track with himself on acoustic guitar and singing a guide vocal, Ringo on drums, John on lead guitar, and Paul on piano/organ.

1975 – Paul McCartney and Wings’ single “Letting Go/You Gave Me the Answer” (Parlophone R 6008) is released in the U.K.

1963 Concert at the Gaumont, Worcester.`She Loves You’ number 1, 1st week in the ranking (UK New Musical Express chart). `Please Please Me’ LP, 24th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).

1964 Concert at the Milwaukee Auditorium. Eric Easton, Rolling Stones joint manager, denies reports that Brian Epstein is bidding to buy their management contract.

1965 `Help!’ single number 1, 1st week (Billboard).

1968 Twickenham Film Studios. Filming of clips for `Hey Jude’ and `Revolution’. Ringo returns to the Beatles. David Frost records the introduction for the clip of `Hey Jude’, to present it later on his programme `Frost On Sunday’.

1983 Studio 2. Show `The Beatles At Abbey Road’ (3 times).

1961 – The Beatles perform at Hambleton Hall, Huyton, Liverpool.

1962 – The Beatles perform at the Cavern Club, Liverpool, at lunchtime and at Queen’s Hall, Widnes, Lancashire, at night. The support act is Rory Storm & the Hurricanes, who are still upset over having their drummer, Ringo Starr, lured away from them.

1963 – The Beatles record three radio programs in one day, the final three editions of “Pop Go the Beatles” (shows 13-15). Recorded at Aeolian Hall, London. For show No.13 The Beatles perform “Too Much Monkey Business,” “Till There Was You,” “Love Me Do,” “She Loves You,” “I’ll Get You,” and “The Hippy Hippy Shake.” Also, “A Taste of Honey,” recorded later in the day for show No.14, was inserted into show No.13. The Beatles’ guests for No.13 were Johnny Kidd & the Pirates. Broadcast on September 10. For show No.14 The Beatles perform “Chains,” “You Really Got a Hold On Me,” “Misery,” “A Taste of Honey” (later inserted into program No.13), “Lucille,” “From Me to You,” and “Boys.” Broadcast on September 17, with guests the Marauders. For show No.15 The Beatles perform “She Loves You,” “Ask Me Why,” “Devil In Her Heart,” “I Saw Her Standing There,” “Sure to Fall (In Love With You),” and “Twist and Shout.” The Beatles’ guests were Tony Rivers & the Castaways, the core of the group that would later record for Apple, Grapefruit. Broadcast on September 24. A recording from this day is included on The Beatles’ “Live at the BBC” – from show No.13, “Too Much Monkey Business” (Disc one, Track 5).

1964 – The Beatles perform two shows at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum, Indianapolis, Indiana.

1968 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London. Ringo rejoins the sessions after walking out on August 22. When he arrives, Mal Evans has decorated his drum kit with flowers. Ringo is back, but George Martin is absent, having started a month-long holiday. EMI’s 8-track recording equipment is now installed in the studio, but only because The Beatles had “liberated” it from a technical expert’s office, an action which nearly resulted in the firing of engineer Dave Harries, who helped commandeer the equipment. George Harrison works on a backwards guitar solo. Work is done on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” although this day’s results will be scrapped when the song is re-recorded from scratch beginning on September 5.

1971 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono fly to New York, leaving the U.K. together for the last time. John would never return.

1961 – The Beatles perform at Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool.

1962 – The Beatles perform a nighttime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool.

1964 – The Beatles perform at Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1978 – George Harrison marries Olivia Arias in a secret ceremony at Henley-on-Thames Register Office.

1961 – The Beatles perform lunchtime and nighttime shows at the Cavern Club, Liverpool.

1962 – The Beatles perform at the Subscription Rooms, Stroud.

1963 – The Beatles record an appearance for the ABC Television program “Big Night Out,” a comedy program. The Beatles perform lip-sync to “From Me to You,” “She Loves You,” and “Twist and Shout,” taping before a studio audience of 600. Recorded at Didsbury Studio Centre, Manchester. Broadcast on September 7.

1969 – John, George, and Ringo attend Bob Dylan’s concert at the Isle of Wight Festival.

1986 – Paul McCartney’s album “Press to Play” (Parlophone PCSD 103) is released in the U.K. Tracks: “Press,” “Stranglehold,” “Good Times Coming/Feel the Sun,” “Talk More Talk,” “Footprints,” “Only Love Remains,” “Pretty Little Head,” “Move Over Busker,” “Angry,” and “However Absurd.” The CD release has the bonus tracks “Write Away,” “Tough On a Tightrope,” and “It’s Not True.”

1999 – U.S. premiere of the restored and digitally remastered animated Beatles motion picture “Yellow Submarine.” The film’s audio track has been remixed in 5.1 Surroundsound.

1961 – The Beatles perform at St. John’s Hall, Tuebrook, Liverpool.

1962 – The Beatles perform at Town Hall, Lydney, Gloucestershire.

1963 – The Beatles perform at the Odeon Cinema in Southport. The is the final night of a six-night engagement at the Odeon, The Beatles performing two shows each night.

1965 – The Beatles perform two shows at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California.

1963 – UK single release: `Hello Little Girl’, with The Fourmost. Concert at the Odeon Cinema, Southport, with Tommy Quickly and Gerry and the Pacemakers.

1964 – Concert at the Convention Hall, Atlantic City.

1965 – 8.00pm. Live Concert at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA (2nd performance). Recording: `Twist And Shout’; `She’s A Woman’; `I Feel Fine’; `Dizzy Miss Lizzy’; `Ticket To Ride’; `Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby’; `Can’t Buy Me Love’; `Baby’s In Black’; `I Wanna Be Your Man’; `A Hard Day’s Night’; `Help!’; `I’m Down’. Producer: Voyle Gilmore; Engineer: Pete Abbott; 2nd Engineer: not assigned. Seven songs included in `The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl’ LP.

1968 – UK single release: `Hey Jude’/`Revolution’. First Apple product. UK single release: `Those Were The Days’, with Mary Hopkin, first artist discovered by Apple.

1968 – Trident Studios. 5.00-11.00pm. Recording: `Dear Prudence’ (overdub onto take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Barry Sheffield; 2nd Engineer: unknown.

1968 – Chelsea Register Office, London. Neil Aspinall marries Suzy Ornstein. Paul, Ringo and Maureen attend. Alexis Mardas is best man. Afternnon. Surprise party at a restaurant in King’s Road, London, for the couple. Paul, Ringo and Maureen attend.

1968 – Screening, on the programme `Experiment In Television’, of a film of the Beatles recording `Hey Jude’ (filmed 29 July 1968).

1969 – `Give Peace A Chance’, 8th week in the Top 28 (Billboard).

1971 – Great Hall, Alexandra Palace, London. Closing of `Art Spectrum’, modern art exhibition. 5 films of John and Yoko are screened: `Cold Turkey’, `The Ballad Of John And Yoko’, `Give Peace A Chance’, `Instant Karma!’, `Up Your Legs Forever’.

1972 – Madison Square Garden, New York. `One To One Concert’, to raise money for Willowbrook, institution for children with physical or mental defects. 2 shows (afternoon, 2.00pm; evening), featuring John Lennon, Stevie Wonder and others, organized by John and Yoko. Filmed by ABC-TV.

1963 – Concert at the Odeon Cinema, Southport, with Tommy Quickly and Gerry and the Pacemakers.

1964 – `A Hard Day’s Night’ LP number 1, 6th week (UK Record Retailer chart).

1965 – Live Concert at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA (1st performance). Recording: `Introduction’ (by KRLA disc-jockeys); `Twist And Shout’; `She’s A Woman’; `I Feel Fine’; `Dizzy Miss Lizzy’; `Ticket To Ride’; `Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby’; `Can’t Buy Me Love’; `Baby’s In Black’; `I Wanna Be Your Man’; `A Hard Day’s Night’; `Help!’; `I’m Down’. Producer: Engeman (Christian name unknown); Engineer: Hugh Davies; 2nd Engineer: not assigned. Due to technical defects, nothing of this was included in `The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl’ LP.

1966 – Morning. Dizz Gillespie disappears with personal briefcases of Brian and Nat Weiss.

1966 – Concert at the Candlestick Park, San Francisco. Last Beatles concert. Tony Barrow films and records the concert. Support act: The Ronettes.

1968 – Trident Studios. 7.00pm-6.00am. Recording: `Dear Prudence’ (overdub onto take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Barry Sheffield; 2nd Engineer: unknown. Visits at the studio: John (Paul’s cousin), Jackie Lomax.

1971 – Great Hall, Alexandra Palace, London. `Art Spectrum’, modern art exhibition. 5 films of John and Yoko are screened: `Cold Turkey’, `The Ballad Of John And Yoko’, `Give Peace A Chance’, `Instant Karma!’, `Up Your Legs Forever’.

1983 – Studio 2. Show `The Beatles At Abbey Road’.

1961 – The Beatles perform a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool.

1962 – The Beatles perform a nighttime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool.

1963 – The Beatles filming for a documentary being made to explore the “Mersey Beat” boom. The Beatles are filmed in a dressing room, including shots of them applying stage make-up and then walking around backstage with their guitars, as if preparing for a live performance. That evening The Beatles perform at the Odeon Cinema in Southport.

1964 – The Beatles perform at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, Forest Hills, New York.

1965 – The Beatles perform one concert at Balboa Stadium, San Diego, California.

1966 – The Beatles perform one show at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California, before a wild crowd of 45,000. The Beatles’ attempt to escape from the stadium in an armored truck is thwarted when the main gate is found to be locked, and The Beatles have to spend a miserable two hours in the back of the truck.

1968 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Trident Studios, London. John, Paul, and George start recording of John’s song “Dear Prudence.” They build the song instrument by instrument, utilizing the 8-track equipment at Trident. John and George play guitars, while Paul plays drums to compensate for Ringo, who left the sessions on August 22.

1969 – Mary McCartney, Paul and Linda’s first child, is born.