Time Line

• February 24, 1943 - George Harrison is born in Liverpool.
• February, 1958 - George joins the Quarrymen.
• December, 1960 - George is forced to leave Germany for working underage without a permit.
• January 1961 - The Beatles debut at the Cavern Club.
• August 3, 1963 - The Beatles play their farewell show at the Cavern Club, having logged almost three hundred performances there.
• February 7, 1964 - The Beatles begin their first US tour.
• February 9 and 16, 1964 - The Beatles headline twice on the "Ed Sullivan Show" on CBS, for a $3,500 performance.
• March 1964 - Shooting begins on the Beatles' first feature film, A Hard Day's Night, as "Can't Buy Me Love" tops the charts both in Britain and America.
• Spring 1965 - John, Cynthia, George Harrison, and Pattie Boyd inadvertently take their first LSD trip when a dentist-friend of Harrison's spikes their coffee.
• July 29, 1965 - Help! has its world premiere in London's West End. Reviews hail the Beatles as "modern Marx Brothers."
• August 1965 - The Beatles meet Elvis Presley at his home in Bel Air. Not knowing their individual names, Elvis refers to each as "Beatle."
• January, 1966 - George and Pattie Boyd get married.
• September, 1966 - George leads The Beatles to visit the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India, and there develops his lifelong passion for Indian music and mysticism.
• January, 1969 - George and Paul argue during the filming of the movie Let It Be. George storms out of Abbey Road Studios, but is later coaxed back by Paul.
• January, 1969 - George performs with The Beatles for the last time on the rooftop of Abbey Road studios.
• April 10, 1970 - The Beatles break up for good. For George, this is a liberation day.
• August, 1971 - George appeared at "The Concert for Bangladesh" at madison Square Garden. He was surrounded by a number of rock stars, including Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Billy preston, Badfinger, and Ravi Shankar.
• 1972 - Louise, George's mother dies.
• Summer, 1974 - George tours the United States, but is poorly received by critics and fans alike.
• January, 1977 - After five years of discord, George and Pattie are divorced. She then marries Eric Clapton who had long had a "crush" on her.
• June, 1977 - George meets Olivia Arrias, and the two begin living together.
• 1978 - Harold, George's father, dies.
• August 1, 1978 - George and Olivia are the proud parents of a son whom they name Dhani.
• August 8, 1978 - George and Olivia get married.
• 1980 - George's book, I, Me, Mine is published.
• 1988 - George joins a new band, "The Travelling Wilburys," and their debut album is released to much critical acclaim.
• January, 1994 -George is reunited with Paul and Ringo to work on two new Beatles' songs, "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love," and he becomes involved in the Anthology project.
• November 29, 2001 - George dies on cancer in Los Angeles.