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1965 – Beatles Continue Holiday Show at Hammersmith Odeon

01/01/2026 @ 12:00 am – This video is from a December, 1964 show. Same tour.

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1969 – Marmalade #1 in the UK with ‘Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da’

01/01/2026 @ 12:00 am –   The song was originally featured on ‘The Beatles’.  (The White Album)

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1966 – Rubber Soul Enters the Billboard Album Charts

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1963 – Beatles Leave Hamburg for London

01/01/2026 @ 12:00 am – The lads depart after playing their last engagement at the Star Club.

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1964 – ‘Top of the Pops’ Debuts (Beatles on film)

01/01/2026 @ 12:00 am – Top Of The Pops debuts, broadcast from an old church in Manchester, England.  The Beatles appear on film during the show, performing ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’.  Live acts miming to their latest releases included The Rolling Stones, (I Wanna Be Your Man), The Dave Clark Five, (Glad All Over), The Hollies, (Stay), and […]

2007 – Cristin Keleher Found Dead (She Once Broke Into George’s Maui Home)

01/02/2026 @ 12:00 am –   Keleher was found dead after an apparent murder-suicide in California, aged 34.   She made headlines in December 1999 by entering Harrison’s Maui estate and then cooking herself a frozen pizza.   Police said her body had been found with that of a 48-year-old man in a car, both had gunshot wounds to their heads. This […]

1985 – Ringo Attends Ronnie Wood’s Marriage

01/02/2026 @ 12:00 am – Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood married his girlfriend Jo Woodin at Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England.   Guests included Ringo Starr, Keith Richard, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck. The couple divorced in 2009.

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1969 – ‘Two Virgins’ Shipment Seized by New Jersey Authorities

01/02/2026 @ 12:00 am – The entire shipment of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s album ‘Two Virgins’ was seized by authorities in New Jersey due to the full frontal nude photograph on the cover. The album was eventually sold in plain brown paper in record stores.  (Click title for uncensored version.)  

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2008 (Feb 20) – Beatles’ Autographed Rolling Stones Album Auctioned

01/02/2026 @ All Day – A 1976 Rolling Stones album bought for £2 at a car boot sale sold for £4,000 at an auction. The ‘Black and Blue’ LP was signed by John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Paul and Linda McCartney and George Harrison as well as members of the Rolling Stones. The seller obtained the album after haggling the cost […]

1971 – George Harrison’s ‘All Things Must Pass’ #1 in America

01/02/2026 @ 12:00 am – It would be number one on the US album charts for seven weeks, making Harrison the first solo Beatle to score a US No.1 album.   The triple album included the hit singles ‘My Sweet Lord’ and ‘What Is Life’, as well as songs such as ‘Isn’t It a Pity’ and the title track that was […]