**1999**

Sir George Martin is inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, non-performers category;
Sir Paul McCartney is inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, performers category.

August 30
300,000 fans show up with 150 different bands performing music to help launch "Yellow Submarine Day" in Liverpool

September 18
YELLOW SUBMARINE SONG TRACK (cd/movie) released (Apple/Capitol) (MGM-movie)

Yellow Submarine movie is refurbished. Roger Catlin of the Los Angeles Times reported that restoration expenses to the movie reached the allotted $1-million budget and for the first time, the Beatles release a theatrical remix DVD version using 5.1 Surround Sound

September 30
Twenty lines of John Lennon's "I Am the Walrus" lyrics are auctioned off at Christie's for $129,000 to an anonymous telephone bidder. Also, George Harrison's 1962 Rickenbacker guitar is also sold at Christie's to an anonymous bidder for $92,000

December 30
GEORGE AND OLIVIA HARRISON ARE ATTACKED

3:00 a.m.: George Harrison and his wife Olivia are awoken by the shattering of glass. While George begins to proceed down to the ground floor room to investigate, Olivia alerts the staff on the intercom. George discovers that a 33-year-old knife-wielding intruder has entered his Friar Park mansion. George confronts the attacker first in an exchange of words but cannot determine the intruders identity. Harrison then tackles the intruder in an effort to subdue him but gets stabbed in the chest. George slumps to the floor and screams out. Upon hearing the screams, Olivia runs downstairs while their son Dhani emerges. The attacker spots Olivia on the landing and steps over George’s body and starts to move toward her. At this point, Olivia picks up a very heavy brass base -- a lamp, and yelled at the attacker. She manages to take the lamp and smashes it across the assailants head, but in the exchange, Olivia receives cuts to her forehead and hands. Miraculously, Olivia's blow to the assailants head was hard enough to cause him to stagger up to the landing where he collapsed and allowing them to detain the attacker. By this time, the police are well on their way to Friar Park after a staff member alerted authorities by phone. Thames Valley Police arrive and they arrest the suspect. George and Olivia are rushed to the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading . Olivia is treated for minor injuries and is released but George Harrison would be transferred just before 3:00 p.m. to the Harefield Hospital in west London where he would be treated for a minor collapse of the right lung. There, George would remain in stable condition with Olivia and their son Dhani staying by his bedside during the night. George Harrison would be released from hospital on January 1. The suspect is formally charged with two counts of attempted murder. His next court appearance would be scheduled for February 11.

WHAT THE IMMEDIATE BEATLE FAMILY SAID:

Sir Paul McCartney: "Thank God that both George and Olivia are all right. I send them all my love. I have no further comment to make."

Ringo Starr: "Both Barbara and I are deeply shocked that this has occurred. We send George and Olivia all our love and wish George a speedy recovery."

Sir George Martin: "I am shocked and naturally appalled by this....George leads a very quiet life...He’s very down to earth. He likes nothing more than doing his garden....George is a very peaceful person who hates violence of any kind."

Yoko Ono: "My heart goes out to George, Olivia and Dhani, and I hope he will recover quickly."

Update: The attacker's date for his first trial hearing was postponed so that a more in-depth psychiatric assessment could be made of the accused. The attacker eventually pleads not guilty by reason of insanity. The actual trial date commenced on November 14, 2000, at Oxford Crown Court and lasted for two days. During the hearing, medical testimony was submitted from three different psychiatrists supporting their position that the attacker was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia since 1990. Based on the evidence presented during the hearing, Judge Michael Astill instructed the jurors to find the accused innocent by reason of insanity. The jurors acquiesced to the judges request. Judge Michael Astill then ordered the assailant to be held in a mental hospital "without time restriction" and must gain the approval of a mental health tribunal if he seeks release.

December 31
At the Dome in Greenwich , London , the Beatles song "All You Need Is Love" is sung by performers to herald in the New Millennium. The Domes' creative director Mark Fisher claims the song was chosen since "It expresses the sentiment we all share for the future of the planet, our children and ourselves."