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John Lennon was shot and killed on 8 December 1980 at the entrance of the Dakota building, New York City, where he lived with his wife Yoko Ono. He …
Thursday 9 October 1980 People To celebrate the 40th birthday of her husband John Lennon, and the fifth of her son Sean, Yoko Ono hired an aircraft pilot to skywrite a message in the …
Saturday 9 October 1971 Art On 9 October 1971, John Lennon’s 31st birthday, a retrospective exhibition of artworks by Yoko Ono opened at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York.
Tuesday 25 November 1969 People John Lennon returned his MBE to the Queen on this day, as an act of protest against the Vietnam war.
Thursday 9 October 1969 People On John Lennon’s 29th birthday, a pregnant Yoko Ono was rushed to King’s College Hospital, London, for an emergency blood transfusion.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Saturday 30 August 1969 Travel The day before they watched Bob Dylan perform at the Isle of Wight Festival, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey travelled to the island.
The Beatles united for a final photographic session on 22 August 1969. It was also the last occasion in which all four members were together for band duties; thereafter …
While holidaying in Scotland with Yoko Ono, her daughter Kyoko and his son Julian, John Lennon crashed his white British Leyland Austin Maxi car near Durness in the Highlands.
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 …
Prior to embarking on a motoring holiday in Scotland, John Lennon and Yoko Ono paid a quick visit to Wales.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono pre-recorded an appearance on The David Frost Show on this evening.
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 …
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 …
John Lennon and Yoko Ono had flown from London to the Bahamas on the previous day, hoping to hold their second bed-in for peace at the Sheraton Oceanus Hotel …
John Lennon and Yoko Ono flew from London to the Bahamas on this day, hoping to hold their second bed-in for peace.
The Beatles’ experimental label Zapple Records was launched on this day, with the UK release of two albums: George Harrison’s Electronic Sound and John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Unfinished …
Thursday 8 May 1969 Radio John Lennon and Yoko Ono gave an interview on this day to David Wigg for the BBC Radio 1 show Scene And Heard.