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John Lennon's assault of Bob Wooler reaches the national press

News that John Lennon had assaulted Cavern Club DJ Bob Wooler at Paul McCartney's 21st birthday party three days earlier reached the national press on this day. The report was written by journalist Don Short, who later became a friend and confidant to the group. It appeared on the back page of the Daily Mirror... Read more »

Mersey Beat launches

Bill Harry, a student at the Liverpool College of Art, published the first edition of Mersey Beat magazine on this day.