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1963
Concert at the ABC, Gloucester (Chris Montez and Tommy Roe tour).
1964
Please Please Me LP, 52nd week in the Top 10 (UK Record Retailer).
With The Beatles number 1, 17th week (UK Record Retailer).
1965
John gave his friend Pete Shotton Ј20,000 to open Hayling Supermarkets. John, Pete and George Harrison became joint directors of Hayling Supermarkets Ltd.
1967
John and Yoko purchase two small islands called Dorinch (20 acres) in Clew Bay off County Mayo, Ireland, for Ј1,550.
"Penny Lane" number 1, first and only week (US Billboard).
1968
US single release: "Lady Madonna"/"The Inner Light" (Capitol 2138).
1969
John & Yoko appear on the cover of 'Look' magazine. Look Magazine dated March 18, 1969. Volume 33 Number 6.
Thames Embankment, London. Ringo shoots scenes for "The Magic Christian". For the lunch break, cast and crew go inside the Star & Garter.
George and Pattie appear on Esher and Walton Magistrates' Court, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
1972
Filming begins for the movie "Born To Boogie".
1973
Paul and Wings perform a live concert for the TV special "James Paul McCartney". The songs they perform are "The Long And Winding Road"; "Maybe I'm Amazed"; "When The Night"; "The Mess"; "My Love"; "Go Now"; "Hi Hi Hi" and "Long Tall Sally".
1975
John gives his second interview with Jean-Franзois Vallee.
1976
Paul's father, James McCartney dies of bronchial pneumonia at his home in Gayton,in the Wirral on Merseyside. He was 73.
1982
Startling Studios. Rough mixes of titles recorded for Old Wave up to date: "Alibi"; "Hopeless"; "In My Car"; "Be My Baby"; "I Keep Forgettin'"; "Love Letters"; "Picture Show Life"; "Going Down"; "Everybody's In A Hurry But Me". Producer: Jim Nipar.
In the UK, George's book, "I Me Mine", is published in paperback.
1986
Yoko and band perform in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
1996
The worldwide release of Anthology 2 by EMI Records. Paul originally wanted "Carnival Of Light" added but George, Ringo and Yoko opposed the idea. In its first week of sales, figures in the UK totaled 78,000 copies. In the US, the Best Buy chain sold around 442,000 units.
2008
Evidence in Heather Mills' divorce case with Sir Paul McCartney was "inconsistent, inaccurate" and "less than candid", according to judge Mr. Justice Bennett. His High Court ruling was revealed in full after she was told she could not appeal against its publication. The full ruling was published a day after she was awarded £24.3m at the High Court in London. Mills was awarded £3.2m per year for herself and their daughter Beatrice, £8m for a home in London and £3m to purchase a home in New York. The judge found the total value of Sir Paul's assets was about £400m. Heather had sought £125m and been offered £15.8m.
2011
Organizers of an attempt to reunite 19 people who watched the Beatles play in a town hall in 1963 had claims from 24 people who said they were there. Billy Shanks was helping to lead the search for the audience members of the gig in Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland in 1963. He said some who turned up thought the music was rubbish and left to join an audience of 1,200 watching a local band in nearby Strathpeffer.
2014
In New York City, the Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery runs in the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, at Lincoln Center. The library exhibition include tour memorabilia, historic film clips, video interviews with musicians, as well as interactive exhibits.
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