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| Audition Beatles, The Lennon, John Winston |  |
| London The Beatles are turned down by DECCA |
| Audition Beatles, The McCartney, Paul | |
| London The Beatles are turned down by DECCA |
| Beatles, The Best, Pete | |
| 1st June The Beatles audition for George Martin at Parlophone/EMI Records, he agrees to sign the group, but insists that Pete Best be replaced, within months, Richard "Ringo" Starkey joins the group |
| 6th June The Beatles meet George Martin for 1st time, they record "Besame Mucho" |
| Beatles, The Harrison, George | |
| Jan London The Beatles fail an audition at Decca |
| 9th May The Beatles finally sign a record contract with Parlophone Records after having been turned down by many labels |
| 6th June The Beatles meet George Martin for 1st time, they record "Besame Mucho" |
| 5th Oct "Love Me Do" is released featuring Lennon on harmonica and McCartney singing solo on the chorus line |
| Beatles, The Lennon, John Winston | |
| Jan London The Beatles fail an audition at Decca |
| 9th May The Beatles finally sign a record contract with Parlophone Records after having been turned down by many labels |
| 1st June The Beatles audition for George Martin at Parlophone/EMI Records, he agrees to sign the group, but insists that Pete Best be replaced, within months, Richard "Ringo" Starkey joins the group |
| 6th June London The Beatles record their first sessions at EMI Studios in London, with George Martin as producer |
| 6th June The Beatles meet George Martin for 1st time, they record "Besame Mucho" |
| 11th Sep Abbey Road The Beatles ' 1st recording session leads to their 1st single "Love Me Do" |
| 5th Oct "Love Me Do" is released featuring Lennon on harmonica and McCartney singing solo on the chorus line |
| Beatles, The Martin, George | |
| 1st June The Beatles audition for George Martin at Parlophone/EMI Records, he agrees to sign the group, but insists that Pete Best be replaced, within months, Richard "Ringo" Starkey joins the group |
| 6th June London The Beatles record their first sessions at EMI Studios in London, with George Martin as producer |
| 6th June George Martin decides to sign-up the Beatles |
| 6th June The Beatles meet George Martin for 1st time, they record "Besame Mucho" |
| Beatles, The McCartney, Paul | |
| Jan London The Beatles fail an audition at Decca |
| 9th May The Beatles finally sign a record contract with Parlophone Records after having been turned down by many labels |
| 1st June The Beatles audition for George Martin at Parlophone/EMI Records, he agrees to sign the group, but insists that Pete Best be replaced, within months, Richard "Ringo" Starkey joins the group |
| 6th June London The Beatles record their first sessions at EMI Studios in London, with George Martin as producer |
| 6th June The Beatles meet George Martin for 1st time, they record "Besame Mucho" |
| 11th Sep Abbey Road The Beatles ' 1st recording session leads to their 1st single "Love Me Do" |
| 5th Oct "Love Me Do" is released featuring Lennon on harmonica and McCartney singing solo on the chorus line |
| Beatles, The Starr, Ringo | |
| 1st June The Beatles audition for George Martin at Parlophone/EMI Records, he agrees to sign the group, but insists that Pete Best be replaced, within months, Richard "Ringo" Starkey joins the group |
| 19th Aug Ringo Srarr makes his debut for the Beatles at the Cavern |
| Beatles, The Sutcliffe, Stuart | |
| 10th April Hamburg Stuart Sutcliffe dies of a brain hemorrhage |
| Concorde MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| 29th Nov The British & French governments agree to build what will become Concorde |
| Contract Beatles Martin, George | |
| Signs up the Beatles for EMI Records, produces their recordings until 1969 |
| Crusaders, The Page, James Patrick "Jimmy" | |
| The Crusaders give Jimmy Page his first taste of touring life and an appearance on a single, "The Road to Love" |
| Death Dalton, Edward Hugh John Neale | |
| Death of Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton |
| Death Lennon, John Winston | |
| April Hamburg The Beatles return to Hamburg to play at the Star-Club, but they learn that Stuart Sutcliffe had died a few hours before they arrived, this was another shock for Lennon, after losing Uncle George and Julia |
| Death Sutcliffe, Stuart | |
| 10th April Hamburg The Beatles return to Hamburg to play at the Star-Club, but they learn that Stuart Sutcliffe had died a few hours before they arrived, this was another shock for Lennon, after losing Uncle George and Julia |
| Deputy Party Leader Brown, George | |
| Appointed Deputy Leader of the Labour Party & also becomes Deputy Prime Minister |
| Deputy Prime Minister Brown, George | |
| Appointed Deputy Leader of the Labour Party & also becomes Deputy Prime Minister |
| Deputy Prime Minister Butler, Richard Austen | |
| London Appointed Deputy Prime Minister |
| Diplomacy MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
Paris Visits de Gaulle to discuss British entry into the EC & Anglo  -French Nuclear strategy |
| Dismissal Best, Pete | |
| 16th Aug Hamburg Pete Best is sacked |
| Election Grimmond, Jo | |
| Orpington The Liberals win the Orpington by-election, "Orpington Man" represents the new elector |
| Election Lubbock | |
| 14th Mar Orpington The Liberal swing leads to phrase "Orpington man" |
| 14th Mar Orpington Transforms a Conservative majority of 14,760 into a 7,855 Liberal majority |
| Election MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| 14th Mar Orpington The Liberals win a Conservative seat overturning a majority of 14,760 |
| European Union Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor | |
| London Declares the Labour Party should never support Britain 's entry into Europe |
| European Union MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| London Visits de Gaulle to discuss British entry into the Common Market |
| FA Cup Nicholson, Bill | |
| Tottenham win the FA Cup |
| Film Sellars, Peter | |
| Appears in "The Road to Hong Kong", the seventh and last in the "Road" series, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour |
| Stars in Stanley Kubrick's "Lolita" as Clare Quilty, opposite James Mason as Humbert Humbert |
| First Secretary Butler, Richard Austen | |
| London Appointed First Secretary of State |
| Independence MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| Aden is given partial self-government |
| Marriage Lennon, John Winston | |
| 23rd Aug John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell |
| Marriage Powell, Cynthia | |
| 23rd Aug John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell |
| Minister of Defense Thorneycroft, George Edward Peter | |
| Appointed Minister of Defence |
| Nuclear Warfare MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| London Visits de Gaulle to discuss Anglo -French co-operation inNuclear weopons |
| Visits de Gaulle to discuss Anglo -French co-operation inNuclear weopons |
| Publication Burgess, Anthony | |
| Publication of, "A Clockwork Orange" |
| Publication Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| Publication of, "Facing The Dictators" |
| Publication Lessing, Doris | |
| Lessing's breakthrough work is "The Gold en Notebook" |
| Purchase Polaris MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
21st Dec London The USA  agrees to sell Polaris to Britain |
| Purge MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| 13th July London Purges a Cabinet of 21 of 7 its ministers after a poor by-election resul at Orpington |
| Rolling Stones, The Chapman, Tony | |
| London The Stones have their first in the Marquee Club with Jagger, Richards , Jones , Stewart, bass player Dick Taylor (later of The Pretty Things) and drummer Tony Chapman |
| Rolling Stones, The Jagger, Mick | |
| London The Rolling Stones' lineup settles down to Jagger, Richards , Stewart, Jones , Taylor, and drummer Tony Chapman |
| 12th July London The group plays its first gig at the Marquee club in London, billed as "The Rollin' Stones" |
| 12th July London The Stones have their first in the Marquee Club with Jagger, Richards , Jones , Stewart, bass player Dick Taylor (later of The Pretty Things) and drummer Tony Chapman |
| Rolling Stones, The Jones, Lewis Brian Hopkin | |
| London Jones comes up with the name "The Rollin' Stones" (later with the 'g') |
| London Jones recruits Ian "Stu" Stewart and singer Mick Jagger into his band - who, with Jagger's childhood friend Keith Richards , met Jones when he and Paul Jones were playing Elmore James ' "Dust My Broom" with Korner's band at The Ealing Club |
| London The Rolling Stones' lineup settles down to Jagger, Richards , Stewart, Jones , Taylor, and drummer Tony Chapman |
| 12th July London The Stones have their first in the Marquee Club with Jagger, Richards , Jones , Stewart, bass player Dick Taylor (later of The Pretty Things) and drummer Tony Chapman |
| Rolling Stones, The Richards, Keith | |
| London The Rolling Stones' lineup settles down to Jagger, Richards , Stewart, Jones , Taylor, and drummer Tony Chapman |
| Rolling Stones, The Richards, Kieth | |
| 12th July London The Stones have their first in the Marquee Club with Jagger, Richards , Jones , Stewart, bass player Dick Taylor (later of The Pretty Things) and drummer Tony Chapman |
| Rolling Stones, The Stewart, Ian | |
| London The Stones have their first in the Marquee Club with Jagger, Richards , Jones , Stewart, bass player Dick Taylor (later of The Pretty Things) and drummer Tony Chapman |
| Rolling Stones, The Taylor, Dick | |
| 12th July London The Stones have their first in the Marquee Club with Jagger, Richards , Jones , Stewart, bass player Dick Taylor (later of The Pretty Things) and drummer Tony Chapman |
| Rolling Stones, The Wyman, Bill | |
| Dec London Bill Wyman officially joins the Rolling Stones |
| Rule of Aden MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| Aden is given partial self-government |
| Steptoe & Son Brambell, Wilfrid | |
| Cast in his most famous role, as Albert Steptoe, the irascible father in Steptoe and Son, initially a pilot on the BBC's Comedy Playhouse |
| Steptoe & Son Corbett, Harry "H" | |
| Steptoe & Son runs, with some breaks, until 1974 |
| 21st Mar Corbett appears in "The Offer", an episode of the BBC's anthology series of one-off comedy plays, Comedy Playhouse, written by Galton and Simpson |
| Transfer Robson, "Bobby" Robert William | |
| Returns to Fulham after a disagreement with Albion vice-chairman Jim Gaunt over his salary |
