{"slug": "the-beatles", "label": "The Beatles", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1299", "qid": "Q1299", "description": "English pop rock band (1960–1970)", "entries": 19, "years": 11, "span": [1940, 2023], "span_label": ["1940 CE", "2023 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Beatle", "Beatles"], "related": [{"slug": "john-lennon", "label": "John Lennon", "shared": 5}], "items": [{"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 7", "text": "July 7 – Sir Ringo Starr, English musician, singer, songwriter and actor (The Beatles)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#July", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Births › July"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 9", "text": "October 9 – The Lead Singer of The Beatles, John Lennon was born.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#October", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "October 9", "text": "October 9 – John Lennon, English musician, singer-songwriter (The Beatles) (d. 1980)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#October", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Births › October"}}, {"year": 1943, "year_label": "1943 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 25", "text": "February 25 – George Harrison, English singer, guitarist (The Beatles) (d. 2001)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373526844#February", "title": "1943", "revid": 1373526844, "section": "Births › February"}}, {"year": 1962, "year_label": "1962 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 5", "text": "5 October – The Beatles' first single in their own right, Love Me Do, is released by Parlophone. This version was recorded on 4 September at Abbey Road Studios in London with Ringo Starr as drummer.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363546731#Events", "title": "1962 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1363546731, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 22", "text": "March 22 – The Beatles first album Please Please Me was released in the UK and became a huge commercial success.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370539540#March", "title": "1963", "revid": 1370539540, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1964, "year_label": "1964 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "21–27 June – The Beatles tour New Zealand.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358090585#Events", "title": "1964 in New Zealand", "revid": 1358090585, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1964, "year_label": "1964 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 9", "text": "February 9 – The Beatles perform for the first time for an American audience on The Ed Sullivan Show to a record television audience of 73 million people, launching Beatlemania in the United States, as part of The British Invasion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371069587#February", "title": "1964", "revid": 1371069587, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1964, "year_label": "1964 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – In Jacksonville, Florida, during a tour of the United States, John Lennon announces that the Beatles will not play to a segregated audience.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371069587#September", "title": "1964", "revid": 1371069587, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1967, "year_label": "1967 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "June 25", "text": "June 25 – 400 million viewers watch Our World, the first live, international, satellite television production. It features the live debut of The Beatles' song \"All You Need Is Love\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370160888#June", "title": "1967", "revid": 1370160888, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1967, "year_label": "1967 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 27", "text": "November 27 – The Beatles release Magical Mystery Tour in the U.S. as a full album. The songs added to the original six songs on the double EP include \"All You Need Is Love\", \"Penny Lane\", \"Strawberry Fields Forever\", \"Baby, You're a Rich Man\" and \"Hello, Goodbye\". Release as a double EP will not take place in the UK until December.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370160888#November", "title": "1967", "revid": 1370160888, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1967, "year_label": "1967 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – Magical Mystery Tour is released by The Beatles as a double EP in the UK, while the only psychedelic rock album by The Rolling Stones, Their Satanic Majesties Request, is released in the UK and in the US.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370160888#December", "title": "1967", "revid": 1370160888, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1967, "year_label": "1967 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "December 26", "text": "December 26 – The Beatles' film Magical Mystery Tour receives its world première on BBC Television in the UK.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370160888#December", "title": "1967", "revid": 1370160888, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 26", "text": "September 26 – The Beatles release their eleventh studio album, Abbey Road in the United Kingdom", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#September", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 10", "text": "April 10 – In a press release written in mock-interview style, that is included in promotional copies of his first solo album, Paul McCartney announces that he has left The Beatles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370420699#April", "title": "1970", "revid": 1370420699, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "December 31", "text": "December 31 – Paul McCartney sues in Britain to dissolve The Beatles' legal partnership.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370420699#December", "title": "1970", "revid": 1370420699, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1980, "year_label": "1980 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – John Lennon, 40, English musician (The Beatles, Plastic Ono Band), songwriter (\"Imagine\", \"Give Peace a Chance\") and activist, shot.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370158501", "title": "Deaths in December 1980", "revid": 1370158501, "section": "Deaths › December"}}, {"year": 2008, "year_label": "2008 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 5", "text": "February 5 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 90, Indian founder of Transcendental Meditation movement, former guru to The Beatles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356618914", "title": "Deaths in February 2008", "revid": 1356618914, "section": "Deaths › February"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 2", "text": "November 2 – The Beatles release \"Now and Then\", the band's last ever song, featuring restored vocals by John Lennon (1940–1980), as well as guitar tracks by George Harrison (1943–2001).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#November", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › November"}}]}