John Lennon and Yoko Ono announced on this day that they were expecting a baby.
The baby was due in February 1969, according to the announcement. This would date the conception to May 1968, the month that their relationship began.
However, the pregnancy never came to term. Ono suffered a miscarriage on 21 November 1968 at Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, London. The unborn child was named John Ono Lennon II, and was buried by the couple in a secret location.
Last updated: 2 October 2011
Also on this day...
- 2019: Album release: What’s My Name by Ringo Starr
- 2015: Ringo Starr live: State Theater, New Brunswick, New Jersey
- 2014: Paul McCartney live: Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida
- 2009: Rare Capitol Records staff-only pressing of Sgt Pepper discovered
- 1974: UK single release: Junior’s Farm by Paul McCartney and Wings
- 1968: George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax
- 1968: Mixing, editing: Yellow Submarine film score
- 1967: Recording, mixing, editing: The Fool On The Hill, Hello, Goodbye
- 1965: Mixing: Drive My Car, In My Life, If I Needed Someone, Day Tripper, Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), Nowhere Man
- 1964: Live: Hippodrome, Brighton
- 1963: Live: Sundsta Läroverk, Karlstad, Sweden
- 1962: Radio: Here We Go
- 1961: Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
- 1960: Live: Kaiserkeller, Hamburg
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