The Beatles Bible

The first trailer for the forthcoming John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy has been released. Read more »

The long-awaited digital remasters of The Beatles' back catalogue were finally released on 9 September 2009, along with the group's Rock Band video game. The choice of 09-09-09 was no accident, for the number has had a recurring association with the group - and John Lennon in particular - over the years. Read more »

A 1958 Hofner Senator guitar previously owned by John Lennon has sold for £205,250 (337,226) at auction. Read more »

John Lennon's former girlfriend, May Pang, visited the Beatle's childhood home during a visit to the city. Read more »

A Vatican newspaper has forgiven John Lennon for claiming in 1966 that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus. Read more »

Artist and film-maker Sam Taylor-Wood is to direct Nowhere Boy, a film about the life of John Lennon. Read more »

A new film depicting the early life of John Lennon is to be made, based on a book written by his half sister Julia Baird. Read more »

Cynthia Lillian Powell was born on 10 September 1939 in Blackpool, Lancashire. She was John Lennon's first wife until their marriage broke down in 1968. Read more »

John Winston Lennon was born in Liverpool on 9 October 1940. A founder member of The Beatles, and their singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist, he was murdered in New York City on 8 December 1980. Read more »

John Lennon was shot and killed on this day at the entrance of the Dakota building, New York City, where he lived with his wife Yoko Ono. He was 40 years old. Read more »

John Lennon returned his MBE to the Queen on this day, as an act of protest against the Vietnam war. Read more »

Although the previous week John Lennon had decided to leave The Beatles, Allen Klein persuaded him to keep quiet in public. Nonetheless, on 20 September 1969 Lennon chose to tell the rest of the group. Read more »

John Lennon woke up regretting having agreed to perform at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival that evening. Eric Clapton, however, was eager to play, and convinced Lennon that it was too late to back out. Read more »

Live music promotor John Brower telephoned the Apple office and spoke to John Lennon, inviting him and Yoko Ono to the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival taking place the following day. Read more »

While holidaying in Scotland with Yoko Ono, her daughter Kyoko and his son Julian, John Lennon crashed his white British Leyland Austin Maxi car in Golspie near Loch Eriboll in the Highlands. Read more »

June 1969 was a month of rest for The Beatles, who were taking a break from the Abbey Road sessions. Following a brief trip to Wales, John Lennon and Yoko Ono drove to Scotland for a brief holiday on 29 June. Read more »

Prior to embarking on a motoring holiday in Scotland, John Lennon and Yoko Ono paid a quick visit to Wales. Read more »

On the penultimate day of their second bed-in for peace, John Lennon and Yoko Ono recorded the anthemic Give Peace A Chance in room 1742 of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal. Read more »

Hours before he recorded Give Peace A Chance at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada, John Lennon and Yoko Ono clashed with satirical cartoonist Al Capp. Read more »

Following their seven-day bed-in for peace at the Amsterdam Hilton in March 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono held a second, similar event at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada. Read more »