The Beatles By taelor grisack Period: Mar 20, 1940 to Mar 20, 1957 befor the beatles Jun 23, 1940 Stu Sutcliffe was born Jul 7, 1940 Richard Starkey (ringo) was born Oct 9, 1940 John Winston Lennon was born Nov 24, 1941 pete best was born Jun 18, 1942 James Paul McCartney was born Feb 25, 1943 George harrison was born Mar 20, 1956 Paul and John meet for the first time Mar 24, 1956 Paul joind the quarry men Period: Mar 20, 1957 to Mar 20, 1971 the beatles May 19, 1957 george joins the quarry men May 23, 1960 The Qarry men changed there name to "The Beatles" Feb 24, 1962 Ringo joins the Beatles Feb 25, 1962 Pete Best is kicked out of the beatles Jan 5, 1963 The Beatles released "Please please me" Mar 25, 1964 A Hard Days Night is released Sep 11, 1964 the beatles come to America for the 1st time Sep 11, 1964 The beatles play the Ed Sullivan show for 73 million people Jul 4, 1965 Help! is released May 20, 1966 The Beatles play there last concert, and stop touring Aug 24, 1966 John metts Yoko Ono (his future wife) Oct 2, 1967 "Sgt. Pepers lonely hearts club band" is released Oct 12, 1967 Magical Mystery Tour is relesed Jun 15, 1968 Yellow Submarine is released May 2, 1969 Let it be is released Sep 9, 1969 the Beatles played together for the last time in public Jan 17, 1970 Paul officially anounces that the Beatles are breaking up Period: Mar 20, 1971 to Mar 20, 2001 after the beatles Dec 8, 1980 John Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman Jul 1, 1996 The Beatles record "free as a bird" Nov 29, 2001 George Harrison died of lung cancer