April 9, 1970: Paul McCartney Announces Beatles Breakup

The Fab Four were already pretty fractured at this point, but Sir Paul McCartney made it official in a written Q&A included with his debut solo album: "I do not foresee a time when the Lennon & McCartney partnership will be active again in songwriting." It should also be noted that eight years earlier, original Beatles bassist Stuart Sutcliffe, bassist died of brain hemorrhage at 21. Maybe bands should beware the Ides of April, since this week, in 1997, also marked the break-up of Soundgarden -- for a dozen years, anyway.