11 February
Ringo marries Mary (Maureen) Cox.

12 February
The newly-married couple hold a Press conference at the beginning of their honeymoon in Hove, East Sussex.

15 February
A single, 'Eight Days a Week'/'I Don't Want to Spoil the Party', is released in the US.

22 February
The Beatles fly to Bahamas to begin shooting their second movie, Help!

13 March
After a couple of days in Britain, The Beatles fly to Austria, for more location filming.

22 March
An LP, The Early Beatles, is released in the US.

6 April
The EP Beatles For Sale is released in the UK.

9 April
The single, 'Ticket To Ride'/'Yes It Is', is released in the UK (19 April in the US.)

14 April
The communal house of sequence for Help! is filmed in Ailsa Avenue, Twickenham.

26 April
Ex-Beatle Pete Best is interviewed in the Daily Mirror newspaper.

3-5 May
A sequence for Help! is filmed on Salisbury Plain.

20 May
The Beatles record their last-ever music session for BBC radio.

4 June
The EP Beatles For Sale (No 2) is released in the UK.

7 June
The BBC broadcasts the last radio performance, The Beatles (Invite You To Take A Ticket To Ride), which was pre-recorded on 26 May.

11 June
At midnight, it is announced that The Beatles are to be awarded MBEs.

14 June
An LP, Beatles VI, is released in the US.

20 June
A short European concert tour of France, Italy and Spain starts with a concert in Paris.

1 July
John's second book, A Spaniard in the Works, is released.

19 July
The single, 'Help!'/'I'm Down', is released in the US (23 July in the UK.)

29 JUly
Help! has its royal world charity premiere at the London Pavilion.

1 August
The Beatles play live on ITV's Blackpool Night Out.

6 August
The LP Help! is released in the UK (13 August in the US.)

15 August
The Beatles open their second US tour with a landmark concert at New York's Shea Stadium, witnessed by a then-record audience of 55,600.

27 August
The Beatles meet Elvis Presley at his Beverly Hills home on Perugia Way.

13 September

Ringo and Maureen Starkey have a son, Zak.

13 September
A single, 'Yesterday'/'Act Naturally', is released in the US.

26 October
The Beatles recieve the MBEs from the Queen in the Great Throne Room at Buckingham Palace.

3 December
The Beatles start their last UK tour, playing at the Odeon Cinema, Glasgow.

3 December
The LP Rubber Soul is released in the UK (6 December in the US.)

6 December
The EP The Beatles' Million Sellers is released in the UK.

17 December
ITV broadcasts The Music of Lennon & McCartney around Britain, except in London where it had already transmitted the previous evening.