Timeline John Lennon: Imagine

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• 1940 John Lennon born in Liverpool John Winston Lennon Born during a German air raid on Liverpool.
• 1946 John Lennon raised by his Aunt Mimi Mendips, Woolton Grows up with his aunt in the suburbs of Liverpool.
• 1956 John Lennon forms the Quarrymen Skiffle A skiffle group named after his school, Quarry Bank.
• 1957 Paul McCartney meets John Lennon Woolton church fete Meets Lennon after a Quarrymen gig and joins the band.
• 1958 John Lennon's mother Julia dies Hit by a car His mother is killed by a car near Mimi's house.
• 1962 John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell Liverpool Marries his art-school girlfriend.
• 1964 John Lennon publishes In His Own Write Nonsense book A book of nonsense verse and drawings.
• 1966 John Lennon's more popular than Jesus remark Evening Standard interview Months later, US radio stations ban and burn Beatles records.
• 1966 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono Indica Gallery, London Meets the artist at her exhibition in London.
• 1969 John Lennon marries Yoko Ono Gibraltar Followed by the Bed-In for Peace in Amsterdam.
• 1969 John Lennon releases Give Peace a Chance Plastic Ono Band Recorded during the Montreal Bed-In.
• 1969 John Lennon returns his MBE Protest Sends back his MBE in protest at Biafra and Vietnam.
• 1970 John Lennon releases John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band Primal scream album A raw album after primal therapy, with Mother and Working Class Hero.
• 1971 John Lennon moves to New York For good Settles in New York with Yoko Ono.
• 1971 John Lennon releases Imagine Title song Imagine becomes his signature song.
• 1972 – 1975 John Lennon fights deportation from the US Nixon administration A three-year legal fight against the Nixon administration.
• 1974 John Lennon joins Elton John at Madison Square Garden Last concert His last major concert appearance.
• 1975 John Lennon becomes a househusband Son Sean born Retires from music to raise his son.
• 1980 John Lennon releases Double Fantasy Comeback His comeback album with Yoko Ono, released three weeks before his death.
• 1980 John Lennon murdered Shot outside Dakota Building, New York — December 8, 1980 John Lennon was shot and killed outside his apartment at the Dakota Building in New York City on December 8, 1980, by Mark David Chapman. He was 40 years old. His death shocked the world and prompted an outpouring of grief comparable to the death of a head of state.
• 1985 John Lennon memorial Strawberry Fields opens Central Park A garden memorial opposite the Dakota.