03/17/2026 @ All Day – John Lennon and George Harrison were honoured with a blue plaque at the site of the former Apple Boutique in a ceremony in London held at at 94 Baker Street. The new plaque reads “John Lennon, M.B.E., 1940-1980, and George Harrison, M.B.E., 1943-2001, worked here.”
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1979 (Mar 17) – Bee Gees Tie Beatles #1 Mark
03/17/2026 @ All Day – The Bee Gees went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their fifteenth studio album release Spirits Having Flown, the group’s first album after their collaboration on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. The album’s first three tracks were released as singles and all reached No.1 in the US, giving the Bee Gees an unbroken […]
2008 (Mar 17) – Heather Mills Awarded $47 Million in Divorce
03/17/2026 @ All Day – Heather Mills is awarded about $47 million in her divorce from Paul McCartney. It is substantially more than the $32 million originally offered by Paul. Throughout the ordeal, Mills is vilified in the British press as being a ‘gold digger’ and ‘opportunistic’.
1967 (Mar 17) – Finishing Touches on ‘She’s Leaving Home’
03/17/2026 @ All Day – Working at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles finished the recording of ‘She’s Leaving Home’ after adding backing vocals to the track. Harpist Sheila Bromberg who was part of the string section on the track became the first woman to play on a Beatles recording.
1967 (Mar 18) – Beatles 13th #1 US Single
03/18/2026 @ All Day – The Beatles scored their 13th US No.1 single with ‘Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever’. The song’s title is derived from the name of a street near Lennon’s house, in Liverpool. McCartney and Lennon would meet at Penny Lane junction in the Mossley Hill area to catch a bus into the centre of the city.
2008 (Mar 18) – Judge Rules on Heather Mills Divorce Evidence
03/18/2026 @ All Day – Heather Mills’ evidence in her divorce case with Sir Paul McCartney was ‘inconsistent, inaccurate’ and ‘less than candid’, according to judge Mr Justice Bennett’s. His High Court ruling was revealed in full after Ms Mills was told she could not appeal against its publication. The full ruling was published a day after she was awarded […]
1970 (Mar 19) – ‘Let It Be’ Clip Shown on ‘Top of the Pops’
03/19/2026 @ All Day – BBC TV’s ‘Top of the Pops’ shows a clip from the ‘Let It Be’ film.
1964 (Mar 19) – Beatles Are ‘Show Business Personalities of the Year’
03/19/2026 @ All Day – UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson presented The Beatles with their awards for show business personalities of the year for 1963 at London’s Dorchester Hotel.
1996 (Mar 19) – Second Beatles Anthology Released
03/19/2026 @ All Day – The second Beatles Anthology series was released. The album featured ‘Real Love’, a track the remaining members of the Beatles recorded using an old demo track of John Lennon’s. The song was first recorded by Lennon in 1977 with a handheld tape recorder on his piano at home. It originated as part of an unfinished […]