ON THIS DAY: 1970

The Beatles split up, according to London's Daily Mirror, whose front-page headline proclaimed, "Paul Is Quitting The Beatles." McCartney countered the previous day's statement from Apple by distributing his own "self-interview" along with review copies of his solo album. Citing "business and music differences, but most of all because I have a better time with my family," he announced the break, though he was unsure whether it was temporary or permanent. He concluded, "I don't foresee a time when the Lennon and McCartney partnership will be active again in songwriting."