Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of Fest for Beatles Fans founder Mark Lapidos bumping into John and discussing the fest. Fab Four FAQ 2.0 posted a bit about the story:
Also on April 28: On this day in 1974, Mark Lapidos met John Lennon.
A confirmed Beatlemaniac even before their first Ed Sullivan appearance, this New Jersey native managed to turn his fixation into something bigger than mere fandom. Managing a Sam Goody's record store by 1974, the notion that a commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Beatles' arrival on these shores gradually took hold. Lapidos conceived the idea of ...