JANUARY 20, 1970 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono both shaved off their hair. The couple stayed in Aalborg in Denmark over the New Year and most of January 1970, to be with Ono’s daughter Kyoko who was living there with her father Tony Cox (Ono’s second husband and an American jazz musician, film producer and art promoter) and his new wife Melinde. While there, Lennon made the decision to have his hair cropped shorter than at any other time in his adult life and Yoko followed suit. The couple then kept their shorn locks in a bag for future use. The precise reasons are unclear, although he and Ono were in the midst of a lengthy peace campaign and were keen to remain in the public eye. It was later described by the Daily Mirror as “the most sensational scalpings since the Red Indians went out of business”.
