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Born
John Winston Ono Lennon is born in liverpool the 9th of October of 1940. -
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John Lennon
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First song
Lennon writes his first song "Hello Little Girl". The song was later recorded by The Beattles -
Mother´s Dead
Lennon´s mother is killed in an accident when she is runned over by a car driven by an off-duty police officer. -
The Beattles
The Beattles debut at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. -
Marriage
Lennon marries Cynthia Powell 1962, then en 1968 divorces. -
Bed-In for Peace
Lennon and Ono used their honeymoon as waht they termed a "Bed-In for Peace" at the Amsterdam Hitlon Hotel; they atracted a worldwide media ridicule. -
2nd Marriage
Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar. -
2nd Bed-In for Peace
At the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal Lenno wrote and recorded "Give Peace a Chance". Released as a single, it was quickly taken up as an anti-war anthem and sung by a quarter million demosntrators against Vietnam Wat in Washington D.C. -
Solo Career
When the group disbanded in 1970, Lennon started a solo career that produced the albums John Lennon and Imagine in 1971. -
Bye to Music
Lennon disengaged himself from the music business ti raise his infant son Sean -
Back to Music
Lennon re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. -
Death
At around 10:50 pm on 8 December 1980, Lennon and Ono returned to their New York apartment in Dakota, Mark David Chapman shot Lennon in the back four times . -
Leadership Style
John Lenno can be considered as a Transformational style of leadership because of the this he accomplished in his life. The "Bed-In for Peace". He can be considered a Transformational style of leader because he wants to change or transform the way people think, in his case he wanted to change the people´s thinking about peace. -
Influence
Still nowdays people listen to John Lennon. An incredible example of his influence till this days is Lady Gaga who states Lennon to be her “favorite songwriter.” Others such as Marilyn Manson, Ozzy Osbourne and Green Day have created remarkable covers of “Working Class Hero,” Lennon's emotional piece directed towards society.
