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John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England.
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Battle of Iwo Jima during WWII.
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white man.
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Lennon's teenage band, "The Black Jacks" perfrom and Paul McCartney heard and was interested.
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Michael Jackson is born who later becomes the King of Pop.
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The band changed their name from "The Quarry Men" to "The Beatles". The Original Beatles had John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Peter Best.
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Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth's single season home run record with 61 homers.
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John Glenn becomes the first American in orbit.
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Ringo Starr replaces Peter Best as the Beatles' drummer.
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Lennon married Cynthia Powell.
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The Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do", is recorded.
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Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I have a dream" speech.
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas
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The Beatles arrive in America to tour for the first time.
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The beatles perfrom on "The Ed Sulliven Show".
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Lennon said "We're more popular than Jesus" and London's Evening Standard newspaper.
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Lennon divorces Cynthia Powell; pleads guilty to marijuana charges adn was fined.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated outside his hotel room in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Lennon and Yoko Ono get married.
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Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their bed-in for peace.
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Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk the moon.
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Paul McCartney announced he was leaving the Beatles then they broke up.
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In the Munich Summer Olympic games, Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals.
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Lennon became a legal U.S. citizen.
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Lennon was shot and killed on a New York City street. A ten-minute memorial took place two days later.
