born: 09.10.1940 at 6:30 p.m. in Liverpool-Woolton,
died: December 8th, 1980 at 11:07 pm in New York
Instruments: rhythm guitar, harmonica, piano
Parents:
Alfred Lennon (1912-1976) & Julia Stanley (1914-1958)
Married: December 3rd, 1938 in Liverpool, separation: 1945
Brothers and sisters:
Victoria Elizabeth, born on June 19, 1945 in Liverpool
Julia was born on March 5th, 1947 in Liverpool
Jacqui Gertrude, born on October 26th, 1949 in Liverpool
David Henry, born February 26th, 1969 in Brighton
Robin was born in 1973 in Brighton
Musical career and important personal stations
1955: Formation of the school band Quarrymen
1957: Paul McCartney joins the band
1960: Change of name of the band to Beatles
1962: First single Love Me Do
1963: First LP Please Please Me
Wedding to Cynthia Powell
Birth of son Julian
1964: First US tour
1965: Receipt of the MBE medal
1966: Misunderstood statement about Jesus Christ is followed by a boycott of Beatles records
Last tour of the Beatles
1967: Composition of the classic Strawberry Fields Forever
LP Sgt.Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
1968: Divorce from Cynthia; First solo LP with Yoko Ono Two Virgins
Festival name for drug possession
1969: The Beatles’ last concert on the roof of the Apple building
Wedding with Yoko Ono
Composition of the peace hymn Give Peace A Chance
Formation of the Plastic Ono Band with Yoko
Last recording with the Beatles
Return of the MBE medal
1970: The Beatles split up
1971: Composition of the classic Imagine
Emigration to the USA followed by an expulsion procedure
1972: Political engagement with the LP Some Time In New York City
and several charity appearances together with Yoko Ono
1973/74: Temporary separation from Yoko
1975: Son Sean is born, followed by a five-year career break
1977: The deportation procedure is discontinued and the Green Card is awarded
1980: LP Double Fantasy
On December 8th, John Lennon was shot dead in front of the Dakota Building
In the following years, posthumous Lennon albums were brought onto the market again and again
1995: The surviving three Beatles record the Lennon composition Free As A Bird.
