1969

January - the band is filmed rehearsing for a LP and tour for what eventually becomes 1995's Anthology. The soundtrack to "Yellow Submarine" is released, reaching US #2 and UK #4.

January 30 - the band and organ player Billy Preston perform four songs from the roof of the Apple business offices. Because it is in a business district, the police are called to end the mini-concert. The event is recorded for the "Let It Be" film.

February - Allen Klein, who also handled The Rolling Stones, is named the Beatles business manager. Eastman & Eastman become the legal consultants. Klein convinces John, Ringo, and George that the band was mismanaged by Brian Epstein and cheated out of millions of dollars. Paul tries to convince the rest of the band to use Eastman & Eastman, his fiancé's brother and father, but to no avail.

February 10 - George quits the band temporarily after arguements with Paul and John.

March 12 - Paul marries Linda Eastman.

March 20 - John and Yoko are married.

March 26 John and Yoko hold a bed-in at the Amsterdam Hilton, to which they invite a number of press members. Photographers show up in hopes of catching the couple consumating their marriage, but instead find them fully clothed, sitting upright in bed, and each holding a tulip.

March 28 - ATV announces plans to buy Northern Songs.

April 11 - the single "Get Back/Don't Let Me Down" is released and hits #1 in the US and UK.

May - "The Ballad Of John And Yoko/Old Brown Shoe" is released, reaching #1 in the UK, but stalling at #8 in the US because of objection to the use of "Christ" in the chorus.

June - John and Yoko hold another "bed-in" at a Montreal hotel, where they record "Give Peace a Chance" (credited to Lennon/McCartney). The song is released by The Plastic Ono Band in July and hits US #14 and UK #2. It features Timothy Leary and Tommy Smothers, among others, clapping in the background.

July - the band terminates their relationship with NEMS, Brian Epstein's company.

July 1 - sessions begin for Abbey Road.

August 8 - the cover photo for the LP Abbey Road is taken at 11:35 AM.

August 20 - the last recording session in which all four Beatles are present.

September - LP Abbey Road is released and hits UK and US #1, going on to become the best-selling Beatles album of all time.

September 7 - The Beatles cartoon, now airing Sunday mornings on ABC, is cancelled.

October - the double A-side single "Something/Come Together" is released, reaching US #1, UK #4.

October 14 - University of Michigan graduate Fred LaBour writes a very lengthy and detailed article in The Michigan Daily about the hidden clues on the band's LPs and songs that Paul is dead, inspired by the infamous discovery of backmasking in several songs by Detroit DJ Russ Gibb.

October 24 - Following John's request that the Beatles call it quits, Paul states in an Life magazine interview that the band has broken up. He states that the "Beatles thing is over", but it is debated whether he was talking about the band as a whole or the 'Paul is Dead' rumors.

November 7 - Publication of Paul's interview with Life magazine, in which he goes into the hinted breakup of the band more in depth.

November 25 - John returns his MBE to Buckingham Palace.

December - the Beatles donate a new song, "Across the Universe", to the World Wildlife Fund for inclusion on the benefit album No One's Gonna Change Our World.