Beatles Notes
To 1962
23 Jun 40
Stu Sutcliffe born
7
Jul 40 Richard Starkey
born
9 Oct 40 John
Winston Lennon born
18 Jun 42
James Paul McCartney born
24 Feb 43
George Harrison born
5 Jun 55
Mimi's husband, George Smith, dies
31 Oct 56
Paul's mother dies
Mar 57
Quarry Men formed
6 Jul 57 Paul
joins
58
Cynthia and John are fellow lettering students at Liverpool College of Art
Feb 58
George joins
15 Jul 58
John's mother killed
?? 58
Jane Asher makes stage debut with "Alice in Wonderland" (was in
movies since 55)
Jan 60
Stu Sutcliffe joins
May 60
Royston Ellis introduces them to speed
May 60
Stu suffers head injury
Jul 60
John drops out of art college
16 Aug 60
First trip to Hamburg (106 nights)
17 Aug-3 Oct 60
At the Indra Club
4 Oct-30 Nov 60 At
the Kaiserkeller
12 Nov 60
Lord Buckley dies
21 Nov 60
George deported from Germany, Stu stays
5 Dec 60
John follows
Feb 61
Stu briefly returns to UK, was staying with Astrid
15 Mar 61
Stu goes back to Astrid
21 Mar 61
First gig at Cavern Club
1 Apr - 1 July 61
Return to Hamburg for 13 weeks
2 Jul 61
Back in Liverpool
30 Sep 61
John and Paul in Paris for two weeks
9 Nov 61
Brian Epstein visits the Cavern
3 Dec 61
Brian offers to be their manager
27 Dec 61
Beatlemania begins with Liverpool concert
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