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Behind the curtain: a daily look into the life of Paul McCartney.

Photo: Paul McCartney, reading the Observer, 20 Forthlin Road, 21 October 1962. Photo by Mike McCartney taken a few weeks after the release of Love Me Do.

1997
Paul McCartney is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
Mar 11, 1997
The Beatles get 3 Grammy Awards
Feb 26, 1997
Paul McCartney contributes to "Milestones"
Feb 4, 1997
1996
Paul McCartney to be knighted - announcement
Dec 31, 1996
Paul & Linda get a Lifetime Achievement Awards from PETA
Dec 14, 1996
Linda McCartney's "Roadworks: Photographs and Words" book published
Nov 7, 1996
"Anthology 3" announced
Sep 30, 1996
"Grateful Dead" photo film presented at the New York Film Festival
September 28-29, 1996
BBC Proms 1996 - a message from Paul
July - September 1996
The Royal opening of Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA)
Jun 7, 1996
Promo campaign to celebrate Buddy Holly's 60th anniversary
February 1996
Press launch for LIPA opening
Jan 30, 1996
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts opens
Jan 8, 1996
1995
The Beatles Anthology vol. 1 wins 24 platinum discs
Dec 12, 1995
"Real Love" promotional video premiered on ITV
Nov 23, 1995
National Trust buys Paul McCartney's childhood home
Nov 21, 1995
Paul awarded a Fellowship at the Royal College of Music
Nov 8, 1995
Paul & Linda McCartney appear in an episode of The Simpsons
Oct 15, 1995
Paul visiting the almost completed LIPA
Jul 28, 1995
Stella McCartney presents her graduation collection
Jun 12, 1995
Holidays in Jamaica
January 1995
Designing the "Anthology" cover
1995 ?
1994
Press Conference for Linda's Home Style Cooking
Oct 7, 1994
Paul McCartney attends private view of charity exhibition “Little Pieces from Big Stars”
Sep 27, 1994
19th Buddy Holly Week
Early September 1994
Paul writes “Young Boy”
Aug 18, 1994
"Paul McCartney Paintings" book
1994
Paul writes "Somedays"
Mar 18, 1994
"Drive My Car" video clip premiered during the American Music Awards
Feb 7, 1994
Paul McCartney inducts John Lennon into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Jan 19, 1994
1993
Photo shoot of the "Paul Is Live" cover
Jul 22, 1993
1992
Shooting "Hope Of Deliverance" promo film
Nov 24, 1992
"Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era" released
Oct 13, 1992
"Linda McCartney’s Sixties" photo exhibition
October 9 - November 15, 1992
Designing the stage sets for "The Paul McCartney New World Tour"
1992
1991
Paul visiting his old school in Liverpool
Jun 28, 1991
Linda McCartney's food launched
Apr 30, 1991
1990
Paul McCartney appears on the US version of the Desert Island Discs radio show
Nov 25, 1990
Paul receives the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards
Feb 21, 1990
1989
31 years later, Paul McCartney repays "debt" over blanket
September 1989
Paul receives an "Outstanding Services To British Music" award
Apr 4, 1989
An open letter from Paul McCartney in the Liverpool Echo about his old school
Feb 24, 1989
Designing the stage sets for "The Paul McCartney World Tour"
1989
Designing the packaging for "Flowers In The Dirt"
1989
1988
‘Yesterday’ earns BMI Million-Air Award
Sep 19, 1988
"John Lennon, My Brother" book released
1988
Paul McCartney receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Sussex
Jul 12, 1988
Paul McCartney wins the Silver Clef Award
Jun 24, 1988
Les Paul offers a custom-made Gibson Les Paul Light to McCartney
Apr 16, 1988
60 copies of "Choba B CCCP" are made in the UK
April 1988

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