Beatles history - 2001 year
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Date Event
Jan 07
Sunday
`Beatles 1' number 1, 8th week.
Jan 14
Sunday
`Beatles 1' number 1, 9th and last week.
Jan 21
Sunday
`Beatles 1' CD was knocked off the top slot by the band "Texas", with their greatest hits release and moved down to number 3.
Jan 28
Sunday
`Beatles 1' 11th week in chart, and down from number 3 to number 7 (sales now over 2,100,000 in the U.K.).
Apr 29
Sunday
`Beatles 1' 24th week in chart, back up into the Top 50 (higher than two weeks ago) to number 48.
May 03
Thursday
BBC News reports: "Ex-Beatle Harrison treated for cancer". In a statement from George Harrison's solicitors, George visited the Mayo Clinic in the United States which specializes in cancer treatment to remove a cancerous growth from one of his lungs. George's solicitors claim that the former Beatle made an "excellent recovery" and the pop star was "in the best spirits and on top form - the most relaxed and free since the attack on him in 1999. He is now enjoying a holiday in Tuscany."
May 13
Sunday
`Beatles 1' six months in chart, and big leap up, from 46 to number 33!
Jul 22
Sunday
`Beatles 1' 36th and last week in chart, down from number 52 to number 67.
Nov 26
Monday
ABC News.com reports the following on George Harrison: No Luck With Radical Procedure - Harrison, 58, left New York's Staten Island University Hospital last week after undergoing an experimental type of radiosurgery. That process reportedly did not stop Harrison's brain tumor from spreading. He flew from New York to UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles to treat the inoperable malignancy with the more conventional chemotherapy.
Nov 29
Thursday
After a brave and valiant fight, George Harrison, known as "the quiet Beatle", succumbs to cancer. The 58 year-old songwriter, musician, reportedly died at 1:30 p.m. (9:30 p.m., U.K. time) on Thursday in the Los Angeles home of his friend and noted security expert on celebrities, Gavin de Becker. According to Geoff Boucher, Los Angeles Times staff reporter noted in their November 30th on-line edition that "Harrison's wife, Olivia Arias Harrison, and son, Dhani, were with him at the time of his death, which was not announced until early Friday morning.
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