The crosswalk made famous by The Beatles back in 1969, where the quartet are pictured walking across the zebra striped Abbey Road, was recently declared a historic landmark by the British government. The Abbey Road music studio was also declared a landmark back in February.

This year we witnessed a sudden surge in Beatles popularity, with the release of their music on iTunes and celebrations of John Lennon’s life in honor of the 30^th anniversary of his death and what would have been his 70^th birthday.