07/15/2025 @ All Day – John Lennon’s mother Julia was killed by a car driven by an off-duty drunken police officer named Eric Clague (Clague was later acquitted of the offence). Lennon was 17 years old at the time.
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2009 (Jul 15) – Paul Returns to Ed Sullivan Theater After 45 Years
07/15/2025 @ All Day – 45 years after he played at the Ed Sullivan Theater with The Beatles, Paul McCartney returns to the venue to appear on The Late Show With David Letterman. Earlier in the day, McCartney plays a few songs from the theater’s marquee, surprising the onlookers in Manhattan.
1978 (Jul 15) – George Appears With Dylan Before 200,000
07/15/2025 @ All Day – Bob Dylan with special guest Eric Clapton, Joan Armatrading and Graham Parker all appeared at Blackbushe Aerodrome, Surrey, England. Reputedly this was the biggest ever UK audience for Bob Dylan, with over 200,000 fans attending.
2002 (Jul 15) – ‘Sir Paul’ Highest Earning Musician of the Year
07/15/2025 @ All Day – Sir Paul McCartney was named the highest-earning music star of the year so far after selling tickets worth £33.9m during his recent US tour.
1968 (Jul 15) – Beatles ‘Apple’ Occupies Corporate Headquarters
07/15/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles’ new enterprise, Apple, enters its new corporate headquarters on 3 Savile Row, London, later the site of their famous “rooftop concert.”
1969 (Jul 16) – Work Continues on George Compositions
07/16/2025 @ All Day – During recordings for their Abbey Road album, The Beatles worked on two new George Harrison songs, ‘Here Comes The Sun’ and ‘Something.’ Harrison was inspired to write ‘Here Comes The Sun’ when taking a day off from Apple business and spending the day walking around the garden at Eric Clapton’s house.
1967 (Jul 17) – ‘All You Need Is Love’ Released in US
07/17/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles single ‘All You Need Is Love / Baby You’re A Rich Man’ (originally called ‘One Of The Beautiful People’) was released in the US. It became The Beatles 14th US No.1.
1968 (Jul 17) – ‘Yellow Submarine’ Animated Movie Debuts
07/17/2025 @ All Day – The animated film Yellow Submarine, premiered at The London Pavilion. The Beatles made a cameo appearance in the film but didn’t supply their own voices for the characters.
1971 (Jul 17) – John & Yoko Appear on Parkinson
07/17/2025 @ All Day – John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared on the BBC late night talk show, Parkinson, where John chastised the British media for calling Yoko “ugly” and for saying that she broke up The Beatles.
1968 (Jul 18) – Beatles Record ‘Helter Skelter’
07/18/2025 @ All Day – Working at Abbey Road studios The Beatles recorded ‘Cry Baby Cry’ and ‘Helter Skelter’. One take of ‘Helter Skelter’ lasted 27′ 11”, the longest Beatle recording ever.