The Beatles · 1966

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1. The BeatlesAugust 4, 1966

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   The controversy over John Lennon’s remark that The Beatles were “more popular than Jesus Christ” spread throughout the United States. Several radio stations began boycotting the group’s music, followed by protests and record burnings.
2. The BeatlesAugust 11, 1966

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   The Beatles arrived at O'Hare Airport in Chicago to begin their final tour of the United States.
3. The BeatlesAugust 12, 1966

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   At a press conference in Chicago, John Lennon explained his controversial remark that The Beatles were “more popular than Jesus” and clarified that he had intended to describe the group’s influence on young people in England at the time.
4. The BeatlesAugust 12, 1966

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   The Beatles began the American leg of their final concert tour with a performance at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago.
5. The BeatlesAugust 5, 1966

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   The Beatles released their seventh studio album, “Revolver,” in the UK on Parlophone. The album reached No. 1 on the UK Record Retailer chart and later topped the U.S. Billboard Top LPs, where it spent six weeks at No. 1. It topped the UK chart for seven weeks. The U.S. release followed three days later.
6. The BeatlesAugust 8, 1966

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   The Beatles released the album “Revolver”, which marked a major development in their studio work. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and spent a total of 77 weeks on the chart. It included, among others, the psychedelic track “Tomorrow Never Knows” and the song “Taxman”.
7. The BeatlesAugust 8, 1966

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   The Beatles released the double A-side “Eleanor Rigby” / “Yellow Submarine”.
8. The BeatlesAugust 8, 1966

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   In response to John Lennon's remark that The Beatles were bigger than Jesus Christ, the South African Broadcasting Corporation banned all Beatles recordings from radio broadcasts. Sales of their records in stores remained permitted, and the ban lasted nearly five years.
9. The BeatlesAugust 13, 1966

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   The album Revolver began a seven-week run at No. 1 on the UK chart. It spent a total of 34 weeks on the UK chart and also reached No. 1 in the US. At the same time, the album Yesterday and Today entered its third of five weeks at the top of the US chart.
10. The BeatlesAugust 13, 1966

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    KLUE-AM radio station in Longview, Texas, held a “Beatles Bonfire” event at which Beatles records and other items were destroyed in response to John Lennon's controversial statement that The Beatles were “more popular than Jesus Christ”. The following morning, lightning struck the station's transmission tower, interrupting the broadcast and knocking the news director unconscious.
11. The BeatlesAugust 14, 1966

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    The London Catholic newspaper The Catholic Herald published an editorial calling John Lennon's recent statement that the group was “bigger than Jesus” generally accurate but “arrogant”. Meanwhile, the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano accepted Lennon's public apology.
12. The BeatlesAugust 14, 1966

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    They performed at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. It was the first concert held at the stadium. The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd and Aerosmith also performed there later.