The Beatles break up
1970 · Event
Paul McCartney announces his departure, formally ending the most influential band in popular music.
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- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Events of 1968 (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)
- Pop music: the 1970s (1970)
- Pop music: the 1960s (1960)
- Pop music: the 1980s (1980)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)