Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | George Harrison |
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Birthdate | February 25, 1943 |
Birth Place | Liverpool, England |
Age (in 2024) | 81 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Guitarist |
George Harrison is best known as Guitarist who has born on February 25, 1943 in Liverpool, England. Currently, George Harrison is 81 years, 8 months and 24 days old. George Harrison will celebrate 82nd birthday on Tuesday, 25th of February 2025. Below the countdown to George Harrison upcoming birthday.
Multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter best known for his time with The Beatles, with whom he wrote well-known hits such as "Here Comes The Sun," "Something," and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." He later founded the platinum-selling supergroup The Traveling Wilburys and had a successful solo career, highlighted by the 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass.Â
He auditioned to join Paul McCartney and John Lennon's band in March 1958, performing the song "Guitar Boogie Shuffle" by Arthur Smith for his audition. McCartney initially deemed him too young, at just 15 years old, but Harrison eventually won him over.Â
He and sitar player Ravi Shankar organized The Concert for Bangladesh on August 1, 1971 to raise awareness for refugees from East Pakistan following the Bangladesh Liberation War.
He got married to Pattie Boyd on January 21, 1966. After their divorce on June 9, 1977, he married Olivia Harrison on September 1, 1978. He had a son named Dhani.
He was joined in The Traveling Wilburys by Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty. The band was active from 1988 to 1990, releasing two studio albums.
George Harrison is 81 years old today.
George Harrison was born on February 25, 1943 in Liverpool, England.
George Harrison zodiac sign is Pisces.
George Harrison was best known as Guitarist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with George Harrison's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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1916 | In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight. |
1918 | German forces capture Tallinn to virtually complete the occupation of Estonia. |
1921 | Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. |
1932 | Hitler, having been stateless for seven years, obtains German citizenship when he is appointed a Brunswick state official by Dietrich Klagges, a fellow Nazi. As a result, Hitler is able to run for ReichsprÀsident in the 1932 election. |
1933 | Launch of the USSÂ Ranger at Newport News, Virginia. It is the first purpose-built aircraft carrier to be commissioned by the US Navy. |
1939 | As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}1â2 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London. |
1941 | The outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands organises a general strike in German-occupied Amsterdam to protest against Nazi persecution of Dutch Jews. |
1947 | The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the PreuĂenschlag of 1932. |
1947 | Soviet NKVD forces in Hungary abduct BĂ©la KovĂĄcsâsecretary-general of the majority Independent Smallholders' Partyâand deport him to the USSR in defiance of Parliament. His arrest is an important turning point in the Communist takeover of Hungary. |
1948 | In a coup d'Ă©tat led by Klement Gottwald, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia takes control of government in Prague to end the Third Czechoslovak Republic. |
1951 | The first Pan American Games are officially opened in Buenos Aires by Argentine President Juan PerĂłn. |
1956 | In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union, denounces Stalin. |
1980 | The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by DĂ©si Bouterse. |
1986 | People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first woman president. |
1991 | Disbandment of the Warsaw Pact at a meeting of its members in Budapest. |
1968 | The birth of Oumou Sangaré, Grammy Award-winning Malian Wassoulou musician |
1971 | The birth of Sean Astin, American actor, director and producer |
1974 | The birth of Dominic Raab, British politician; First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
1975 | The birth of Chelsea Handler, American comedian, actress, author, and television host |
1976 | The birth of Rashida Jones, American actress and writer |
1981 | The birth of Park Ji-sung, South Korean footballer; the most successful Asian player with 19 career trophies |
1982 | The birth of Flavia Pennetta, Italian tennis player; winner of the 2015 US Open |
1986 | The birth of Jameela Jamil, English actress and presenter |
1988 | The birth of Tom Marshall, English photo colouriser and artist |
1989 | The birth of Kana Hanazawa, Japanese voice actress and singer |
1992 | The birth of Jorge Soler, Cuban baseball player |
1994 | The birth of Fred VanVleet, American basketball player |
1995 | The birth of Viktoriya Tomova, Bulgarian tennis player |
1999 | The birth of Gianluigi Donnarumma, Italian international footballer; youngest goalkeeper to play for Italy |
1999 | The birth of Rocky, South Korean singer, dancer and songwriter |
1997 | The death of Andrei Sinyavsky, Russian journalist and publisher (b. 1925) |
1998 | The death of W. O. Mitchell, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1914) |
1999 | The death of Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912) |
2001 | The death of A. R. Ammons, American poet and critic (b. 1926) |
2001 | The death of Don Bradman, Australian international cricketer; holder of world record batting average (b. 1908) |
2005 | The death of Peter Benenson, English lawyer, founded Amnesty International (b. 1921) |
2008 | The death of Hans Raj Khanna, Indian judge and advocate; upholder of civil liberties (b. 1912) |
2010 | The death of Ihsan Dogramaci, Turkish pediatrician and academic (b. 1915) |
2012 | The death of Louisiana Red, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932) |
2015 | The death of Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Eugenie Clark, American biologist and academic; noted ichthyologist (b. 1922) |
2017 | The death of Bill Paxton, American actor and filmmaker (b. 1955) |
2020 | The death of Dmitry Yazov, last Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1924) |
2022 | The death of Farrah Forke, American actress (b. 1968) |
2022 | The death of Shirley Hughes, English author and illustrator (b. 1927) |
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