02/18/2026 @ All Day – Yoko Ono, Japanese artist, singer, poet, author and peace activist and wife of John Lennon. Ono moved to New York City from Tokyo aged 14 and first met John Lennon in London in 1966, the couple married in 1969.
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1965 (Feb 18) – Beatles Record ‘You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away’ and ‘Tell Me What You See’
02/18/2026 @ All Day – Working at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles recorded two new songs: John Lennon’s ‘You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away’ and a new Paul McCartney song ‘Tell Me What You See’.
1965 (Feb 18) -Northern Songs on the London Stock Exchange
02/18/2026 @ All Day – The Beatles’ publishing comopany, Northern Songs, is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
2000 (Feb18) – John Lennon FBI Files Ordered Released
02/18/2026 @ All Day – An American court ordered the release of FBI files relating to John Lennon’s interests and activities including his support for the Irish Republican cause and the Workers Revolutionary Party. The British Government told the US that it wanted the files to remain secret. MI5 also had files on Lennon, which they had passed on the […]
1980 (Feb 18) – Filming Begins on ‘Caveman’
02/18/2026 @ All Day – Filming begins on Ringo’s new movie comedy ‘Caveman’. Ringo will meet future wife Barbara Bach on set.
1966 (Feb 18) – Brian Wilson Finishes ‘Good Vibrations’
02/18/2026 @ All Day – Beach Boy Brian Wilson finished recording the future classic song ‘Good Vibrations’, which went on to become the band’s third US number-one hit. As a child, his mother told him that dogs could pick up “vibrations” from people, so that the dog would bark at “bad vibrations” Wilson turned this into the general idea for […]
1965 (Feb 19) – Beatles Record ‘You’re Gonna Lose That Girl’
02/19/2026 @ All Day – Working at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles recorded a new John Lennon song ‘You’re Gonna Lose That Girl’ in two takes. The track was released on the Help! album.
1982 (Feb 19) -BBC Bans ‘Give Ireland Back to the Irish’
02/19/2026 @ All Day – The BBC bans Paul McCartney’s single “Give Ireland Back To The Irish”
1968 (Feb 19) – Paul and Ringo Fly to India
02/19/2026 @ All Day – Paul, Jane, Ringo and Maureen join the others in India. They are all staying at the Maharishi’s ashram.