Things you might not know. 22 Oct. 1. 1969: An understandably miffed and somewhat confused Paul McCartney issues an official press release through Apple stating that he is not, in fact, dead, and then retires to his farm in Scotland (where Life magazine will track him down to further prove his not-deadness). The story was actually started as a prank by Fred La Bour, a sports and arts writer for the student paper, The Michigan Daily at the University of Michigan. 2. 1996, It was announced that, The Beatles were now bigger than The Beatles. The statement was based on sales so far this year, having sold 6,000,000 albums from their back catalog and a combined total of 13,000,000 copies of ‘The Beatles Anthology 1’ and ‘The Beatles Anthology 2’. With the release of ‘The Beatles Anthology 3’ a week away, it was anticipated that total Beatles album sales for 1996 would exceed 20 million. A poll showed 41 percent of sales were to teenagers who were not born when The Beatles officially called it quits in 1970. 3. 2000: George Michael pays almost three million dollars for John Lennons famous upright Steinway piano, on which the ex-Beatle wrote the international anthem Imagine. Michael issued a statement saying, in part, I know that when my fingers touch the keys of that Steinway, I will feel truly blessed. 4. 2005: ABBAs 1974 hit Waterloo is voted the best song in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, decided by voters from 81 countries during a ceremony to mark the famous European events 50th anniversary.
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