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John Lennon's Birth
Born in Liverpool to Julia Stanley and Alfred Lennon during a blitzkrieg attack. -
John Lennon's First Guitar
John Lenon gets his first guitar at the age of 16 from his aunt who stated that even though he had mad playing skills, he would never be able to make a living out of it. -
First Place Singing witth a Crowd
John asks Paul McCartney to join the Quarrymen while playing at a church fair in Liverpool. -
A New Edition to the Quareymen
George Harrison, a friend of Paul, joins the Quarrymen. -
A Family Tradgedy
.John's mother is killed by an auto while crossing the road. -
The First Show as the Beatles
The Beatles, with John Lennon as front man, debut at Liverpool's Cavern Club. -
The Newest Fan
Record store manager Brian Epstein is introduced to the Beatles. -
Cynthia
John marries Cynthia Powell. -
A World Record
The Beatles play to a crowd of over 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City -
Elvis Meeting
On the evening of 27 August 1965, Elvis Presley and The Beatles, the music world's biggest stars, met for the first and only time. -
Sudden Outburst
John states that the Beatles are more popular than Jesus, setting off a backlash against the group and spurring the public burning of Beatle albums. -
He meets Yoko Ono
John meets Yoko Ono at a preview of her art show, Exhibition #2, at London's Indica Gallery. -
The Divorsion
John and Cynthia are divorced. -
Yoko Drama
The experimental tapes of various sound effects made in May of 1968 is released as an album titled Two Virgins, the cover of which shows John and Yoko posing nude. The album is released in a brown paper wrap. -
Second Marrige
John and Yoko are married on Gibraltar. -
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Bed-In
John and Yoko stage a "bed-in" for peace at the Amsterdam Hilton to celebrate their marriage -
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Peace
Give Peace a Chance" is recorded at a bed-in in Montreal. -
Imagine
John records "Imagine" at his home studio at Tittenhurst Park. -
Deportation
Senator Strom Thurmond tells Attorney General John Mitchell that John should be deported because he consorts with known radicals such as Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman. -
First Home
John and Yoko buy an apartment in the Dakota Building on Central Park West and W. 72nd St. -
Death
John Lennon is assassinated outside the Dakota. -
Rock and Roll Fame
John is inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.
