24 May

1961, Wednesday.

The Beatles (John, Paul, George and Pete with Stuart Sutcliffe) perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West Germany.
The Beatles sets would run 7 hours a night on weekdays and 8 hours on weekends, with a 15 minute break every hour.

1962, Thursday.

The Beatles (John, Paul, George and Pete) perform at the Star-Club, Hamburg, West Germany.
During the engagement the Beatles would play every night except one (April 20th) and were contracted to play four hours one night and three the next. They played a one hour on, one hour off rota.

1963, Friday.

Concert in Harrow (3rd British tour).
Evening: Two performances: The Beatles, touring with Roy Orbison, perform for two "houses" at the Granada Cinema, Walthamstow, London. (3rd British tour).

1964, Sunday.

Transmision on the Ed Sullivan Show of the interview recorded on 16 April 1964, and playing of a song.

1969, Saturday.

`Yellow Submarine' LP, 19th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
`Get Back' number 1, 1st week; 3rd week in the Top 30 (Billboard).

John, Yoko and Kyoko in Bahamas, for a campaign for peace: `Lie-in'.
John and Yoko, with Yoko's daughter Kyoko, fly from London to the Bahamas for a peace bed-in, but leave when John realizes how far from the US they are. Plus, the heat and humidity are too high for comfortably staying in bed for 7 days.

John and Yoko create Bag Productions.

1982, Monday.

UK release of Beatles single "The Beatles' Movie Medley/I'm Happy Just to Dance With You" (Parlophone). Highest chart position is #10.