July 1957 ~ Paul McCartney meets John Lennon at a Quarrymen performance in Liverpool, England February 1958 ~ George Harrison joins the quarrymen July 1959 ~ Pete Best and Stuart Sutcliffe join the band

August 1960 ~ Band is renamed The Beatles and begins engagement in Hamburg December 1961 ~ Brian Epstein signs on as Manager January 1962 ~ Beatles get turned down by DECCA records

June 1962 ~ Beatles audition for George Martin at EMI records August 1962 ~ Beatles fire their drummer Pete Best and hire Ringo Starr October 1962 ~ “Love Me Do” released January 1963 ~ “Please, Please Me” released in the United Kingdom February 1963 ~ “Please, Please Me” US

November 1963 ~ JFK Assassination November 1963 ~ “With The Beatles” released in UK and US December 1963 ~ Capitol Records releases “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” February 1964 ~ Beatles play on The Ed Sullivan Show (first time on US television) February 1964 ~ Beatles hold top two spots on the US record chart April 1964 ~ Beatles hold the top five spots on the US record chart July 1964 ~ “Hard Day’s Night” movie is released September 1964 ~ Indonesia bans Beatles haircuts

1965 February 1965 ~ Begin filming “Help” in the Bahamas April 1965 ~ Beatles win their first two Grammy Awards August 1965 ~ “Help” album and movie released August 1965 ~ Beatles play to 56,000 fans at Shea Stadium August 1965 ~ Beatles meet Elvis Presley in Hollywood September 1965 ~ Beatles Saturday morning cartoon is launched in US December 1965 ~ “Rubber Soul” is released in UK

1966 March 1966 ~ John Lennon is quoted in a press conference saying that The Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ. July 1966 ~ News of Lennon’s quote is released in US papers August 1966 ~ South Africa bans Beatles album sales August 1966 ~ Beatles release “Revolver” album August 1966 ~ Lennon apologies and attempts to explain Jesus quote August 1966 ~ Beatles play last live concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco September 1966 ~ Rumors begin to surface that Paul McCartney had been killed in a car accident “Paul is dead” November 1966 ~ John Lennon meets Yoko Ono

1967 February 1967 ~ Album sale statistics show Beatles sold 180 million records in 5 years June 1967 ~ Beatles release “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album and it tops UK charts for 22 weeks August 1967 ~ Brian Epstein commits suicide by drug overdose November 1967 ~ Beatles release “Magical Mystery Tour” album in UK

1968 February 1968 ~ Beatles form Apple Recording Company February 1968 ~ “Sgt. Pepper’s” album wins four Grammy awards July 1968 ~ Beatles visit the Maharishi in India inspiring George to learn to play Sitar September 1968 ~ “Hey Jude” is the longest #1 song to ever top the charts (7 minutes) November 1968 ~ George Harrison releases his solo album “Wonderwall” November 1968 ~ “White” album is released in the UK and US November 1968 ~ “White” album sells one million copies in five days

1969 January 1969 ~ “Yellow Submarine” album is released January 1969 ~ Beatles perform their legendary rooftop concert in London March 1969 ~ Paul marries Linda Eastman March 1969 ~ John marries Yoko Ono September 1969 ~ “Paul is dead” rumors continue to persist when Paul appears on the “Abbey Road” album cover barefoot October 1969 ~ George gets his first A-Side of a record with “Something”

1970 February 1970 ~ John Lennon releases his first solo album “Instant Karma” March 1970 ~ “Let It Be” single is released April 1970 ~ Paul McCartney releases his solo album “Paul McCartney” and is rumored to be leaving the band May 1970 ~ “Let It Be” album is released July 1970 ~ The Beatles officially break up

Sir Paul McCartney After The Beatles Paul went on to have an extremely successful solo career Paul formed the band Wings and continues to write hit songs like ‘Live and Let Die’, ‘Silly Love Songs’, ‘With a Little Luck’ Paul also went on to record duets with artists like Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder

John Lennon John went on to have a successful solo career as well He put out his biggest solo hit ‘Imagine’ in 1979 He lived in New York until he was assassinated by Mark David Chapman in December of 1980 (40 years old)

Ringo Starr Ringo went on to huge success following the beatles with his ringo Starr all-star band He continues to tour to this day keeping the music of the beatles alive for all new generations

George Harrison Went on to great success after The Beatles Collaborated with many other famous rock stars including close friend Eric Clapton Died in November 2001 of complications due to throat cancer (58 years old)