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2002 Death - Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, American Writer

2001 Death - George Harrison, musician, The Beatles, dies at 58

2001 Death - Harrison A. Williams, Senator-D-New Jersey 1959 - 1982, died of heart disease

1998 Death - Don Harrison, Headline News anchor, dies at 61

1995 Death - Kathleen Harrison, actress (Fast Lady, Big Money), dies at 103

1995 Death - Peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker, dies at 75

1994 Death - Wilbert Harrison, singer, dies at 65

1994 Death - Joan Harrison, English producer/Alfred Hitchcock's sect, dies at 83

1994 Death - John Harrison, South African correspondent (BBC), dies at 48

1993 Death - Lorin "Whitey" Harrison, surfer, dies at 80 of a heart attack

1993 Death - Harrison E. Salisbury, U.S. journalist (New York Times), dies at 84

1993 Death - Harrison Salisbury, American Journalist

1990 Death - Rex Harrison, actor (My Fair Lady), dies of cancer at 82

1989 Event - George Harrison releases "Cheer Down" and "Poor Little Girl"

1989 Event - George Harrison releases "Best of Dark Horse 1976 - 1989" album

1988 Event - George Harrison releases "This is Love"

1988 Event - George Harrison releases "When We Was Fab"

1987 Event - Harrison releases "Cloud 9" and McCartney releases "All the Best"

1987 Event - George Harrison releases "Got My Mind Set On You"

1982 Event - George Harrison releases "Gone Troppo" album

1982 Event - Senate begins debate on expulsion of Senator Harrison Williams D-New Jersey

1981 Death - Wallace K[irkman] Harrison, U.S. architect (UN), dies at 86

1981 Death - Ray Harrison, dancer (American Song), dies at 64

1981 Event - "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" starring Harrison Ford premieres

1981 Event - George Harrison releases "Somewhere in England"

1981 Event - George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in the United Kingdom

1981 Event - Harrison A. Williams, Senator-D-New Jersey, convicted on FBI Abscam charges

1981 Event - Harrison A. Williams, Senator-D-New Jersey, convicted on FBI Abscam charges

1981 Event - George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine"

1981 Event - Beatles McCartney, Starr and Harrison record a tribute to John Lennon

1979 Birthday - Mya, Mya Marie Harrison, American Musician

1979 Event - George Harrison releases "Faster"

1979 Event - George Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone"

1979 Event - George Harrison releases "George Harrison" album

1979 Event - George Harrison releases "Blow Away"

1978 Event - George Harrison marries Olivia

1978 Death - Harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80

1978 Birthday - Dhani Harrison, George Harrison's 1st child

1977 Birthday - Randy Harrison, American Actor

1977 Event - Nigel Harrison replaces Gary Valentine as bassist of Blondie

1977 Event - George and Patti Harrison divorce

1977 Event - George Harrison releases "True Love"

1976 Event - George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live

1976 Event - George Harrison releases "This Song"

1976 Event - A&M sues George Harrison who fails to meet deadline for LP completion

1976 Event - U.S. courts find George Harrison guilty of plagiarism for 'He's So Fine'

1976 Event - George Harrison found guilty of plagurizing "My Sweet Lord"

1976 Event - George Harrison sings lumberjack song with Monty Python

1976 Event - George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)"

1975 Event - George Harrison releases "Extra Texture" album in the United Kingdom

1974 Event - George Harrison releases his "Dark Horse" album in the United Kingdom

1974 Event - George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong"

1974 Death - June Harrison, actress (Land of the Lawless), dies at 48

1974 Event - George Harrison announces his concert tour of U.S. in November

1974 Birthday - Calvin Harrison, Orlando Florida, 200m/400m runner

1973 Event - George Harrison pays 1,000,000 pounds tax on his Bangladesh concert and album

1973 Event - George Harrison releases "Living in the Material World"

1973 Event - George Harrison's "Living in the Material World" goes gold

1973 Event - George Harrison releases "Give Me Love" in the United Kingdom

1972 Birthday - Rodney Harrison, NFL safety for the San Diego Chargers

1972 Event - Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt leave the Moon

1972 Event - Astronauts Cernan and Harrison become 11th and 12th on Moon

1972 Event - Baltimore Roric Harrison is last AL pitcher to homer until interleague play 25 years later

1972 Birthday - Marvin Harrison, wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts

1972 Event - George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident

1972 Birthday - Chris Harrison, guard, Detroit Lions

1972 Birthday - Harrison Houston, NFL wide receiver for the Chicago Bears

1971 Birthday - Tony Harrison, WLAF receiver for the Frankfurt Galaxy

1971 Birthday - Brandon Harrison, NFL wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers

1971 Event - George Harrison's concert for Bangladesh takes place in New York City

1971 Event - George Harrison releases "Bangladesh"

1971 Event - George Harrison is fined and his driving license is suspended for 1 year

1971 Event - "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison hit #1 on United Kingdom pop chart

1971 Event - George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord"

1970 Event - George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass"

1970 Event - George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass"

1970 Event - George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single

1970 Death - Louise Harrison, mother of Beatle George, dies

1969 Event - George Harrison's "Something" is released in the United Kingdom

1969 Event - George Harrison and Patti Boyd are fined 250 pounds each for illegal drugs

1969 Birthday - Nolan Harrison, NFL defensive tackle, Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers

1968 Event - George Harrison forms Singsong Ltd.

1968 Event - "Wonderwall" with George Harrison premieres at Cannes Film Festival

1968 Event - Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon and wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

1967 Birthday - Martin Harrison, NFL defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings

1967 Event - George Harrison is fined 6 pounds for speeding

1966 Event - Eric Clapton records guitar tracks for Harrison's "While My Guitar..."

1966 Event - George Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London

1966 Event - Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd

1965 Event - 37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady," Rex Harrison and J Andrews win

1965 Birthday - Kenny Harrison, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, triple jumper

1965 Event - George Harrison has his tonsils removed

1964 Event - George Harrison's girlfriend Patti Boyd attacked by female Beatle fans

1964 Event - George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs

1964 Event - George Harrison forms Mornyork Ltd music publishing company

1964 Event - Beatles begin filming "Hard Days Night," Harrison meets Patti Boyd

1963 Event - Decca signs Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison

1963 Birthday - Schae Harrison, born in Orange, California, actress, Darla-Bold and Beautiful

1963 Event - George Harrison is impressed by unsigned group "Rolling Stones"

1963 Death - Julius Harrison, composer, dies at 78

1962 Death - William [Harrison] Faulkner, U.S. writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64

1962 Event - Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida

1959 Birthday - Jenilee Harrison, born in Glendale, California, actress, Cindy-3's Company, Dallas

1959 Birthday - Cathryn Harrison, born in London, England, actress, Old Woman in Black Moon

1958 Event - George Harrison joins Quarrymen (Lennon-McCartney-Best-Sutcliffe)

1957 Death - Harrison Ford, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73

1950 Birthday - Gregory Harrison, Catalina California, actor, Trapper John, Logan's Run

1949 Birthday - Stephen Harrison Paulus, composer

1949 Birthday - Jerry Harrison, Milwaukee, rock keyboardist, Talking Heads

1947 Birthday - Lyndon Harrison, born in Britain, Baron Harrison, life peer, House of Lords, Member of the European Parliament 1989 - 1999

1946 Birthday - John Harrison, South Africa correspondent, BBC

1945 Birthday - Mike Harrison, keyboardist, Spooky Tooth-It's All About

1945 Birthday - Linda Harrison, born in Berlin, Maryland, actress, Bracken's World, Planet of Apes

1944 Birthday - Patti Boyd, born in Somerset, England, Mrs. George Harrison and Mrs. Eric Clapton

1943 Birthday - Bobby Harrison, born in England, rock drummer, Procol Harum-Conquistador

1943 Birthday - George Harrison, rocker, Beatle/Travelling Willberries-My Sweet Lord

1942 Birthday - Billy Harrison, Belfast Ireland, rock guitarist, Them

1942 Birthday - Harrison Ford, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Frantic

1937 Birthday - Jim Harrison, American Writer

1936 Birthday - Harold Innocent, HS Harrison, English actor, Tall Guy

1936 Birthday - Noel Harrison, London, singer and actor, Mark-Girl from UNCLE

1935 Birthday - Harrison H "Jack" Schmitt, Santa Rita, New Mexico, astronaut, Apollo 17

1934 Birthday - Harrison Birtwistle, British Composer

1929 Birthday - Wilbert Harrison, R and B singer, Kansas City

1929 Birthday - Wilbert Harrison, singer

1928 Death - Jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archaeologist, dies

1927 Birthday - Sunset Carson, Michael Harrison, Plainview, Texas, actor, Cat of Rockies

1926 Birthday - Ernest Harrison, CEO, Racal Electronics

1925 Birthday - Harry [Maxwell] Harrison, UK, sci-fi author, Deathworld Trilogy

1925 Birthday - Harry Harrison, American Author

1923 Birthday - Harrison Dillard, Cleveland, 100m runner, 4 Gold Medals 1948, 1952 Olympics

1922 Birthday - John Paul Hammerschmidt, born in Harrison, Arkansas, Representative-R-Arkansas 1967 - 1993

1921 Birthday - John Harrison, British vice admiral/surgeon

1920 Birthday - Peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker

1919 Birthday - Harrison A. Williams, born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Senator-D-New Jersey 1959 - 1982

1917 Birthday - Lou Harrison, born in Portland, Oregon, composer, Rapunzel

1916 Event - U.S. president Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act

1915 Birthday - Pamela Harrison, composer

1909 Birthday - Joan Harrison, screenwriter

1908 Birthday - Harrison E Salisbury, journalist/author, 50th Anniv of Soviet Union

1908 Birthday - Harrison Salisbury, American Journalist

1908 Birthday - Rex Harrison, Reginald Carey, England, actor, My Fair Lady, Cleopatra

1908 Birthday - Rex Harrison, born in England, actor, My Fair Lady, Dr. Doolittle

1902 Birthday - Gene Sarazen, Harrison, New York, PGA golfer, Masters 1935, U.S. Open 1922, 32

1901 Death - Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President (1889-1893), dies in Indianapolis at 67

1897 Birthday - Harrison Kerr, composer

1895 Birthday - Wallace K Harrison, Worcester Massachusetts, U.S. architect, UN, Lincoln Center

1895 Death - Harrison Millard, composer, dies at 64

1892 Death - Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, 1st lady (1889-1892), dies at 60

1892 Birthday - Kathleen Harrison, actress, Fast Lady, Big Money, West 11

1891 Event - President Benjamin Harrison visits San Francisco

1889 Event - President Harrison visits opening of Chicago Auditorium

1889 Event - President Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization

1889 Event - Benjamin Harrison inaugurated as 23rd president

1888 Event - Benjamin Harrison (R-Sen-Ind) beats President Grover Cleveland (D), 233 electoral votes to 168, Cleveland received slightly more votes

1888 Event - Republican Convention, in Chicago, nominates Benjamin Harrison

1885 Birthday - Julius Harrison, composer

1883 Birthday - Hubert Harrison, born in St. Croix, Virgin Island, writer/freedom fighter

1882 Death - William Harrison Ainsworth, English Novelist

1862 Event - Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia (Harrison's Landing, Crew's Farm)

1861 Event - Battle of Balls Bluff, Virginia (Leesburg, Harrison's Island)

1858 Birthday - Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison, 1st lady, 1889-1893

1849 Birthday - Elizabeth Harrison, U.S., educator, National Congress of Parents and Teachers

1841 Death - William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st President to die in office, at 68

1841 Event - Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison

1840 Event - William H Harrison elected president of US

1837 Birthday - James Harrison Wilson, Major General Union volunteers

1834 Birthday - Nathaniel Harrison Harris, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1833 Birthday - Benjamin Harrison, born in North Bend, Ohio, R, 23rd President, 1889-1893

1832 Birthday - Henry Harrison Walker, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1832 Birthday - Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, 1st wife of Benjamin Harrison

1830 Birthday - Harrison Millard, composer

1818 Birthday - Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General Union volunteers

1815 Birthday - James Edward Harrison, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1814 Birthday - Francis Harrison Pierpont, governor, Union

1805 Birthday - William Harrison Ainsworth, English Novelist

1775 Birthday - Anna Symmes Harrison, Ohio, 9th 1st lady, 1841

1773 Birthday - William Henry Harrison, Virginia, Whigs, 9th President, March 4-April 4, 1841

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