This day in 1966

On November 13, 1966, a report came out from The Sunday Telegraph that claimed that "Mr. Allen Klein, the American impresario, has been approached by two of The Beatles over their future management." Klein was a very famous businessman in the 1960s. He managed the Rolling Stones and others, finally managing The Beatles for a very short time prior to the breakup in 1970. He is cited as a contributing factor in the breakup, as John, George, and Ringo wanted Klein and Paul wanted Linda Eastman's (soon to be Linda McCartney in March 1969) father to be the new manager. This rift between The Beatles was one of many during the latter half of the 1960s, one inflamed following the death of longtime manager Brian Epstein in August 1967.