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Biography

• 1940 / Birth of John Lennon. [1]
• 1950 / Liverpool. John Lennon founds his first band: The Quarrymen. [2]
• 1957.07.06 / Merseyside. John Lennon 's first Encounter with Paul McCartney at a church party, where John Lennon sings accompanied by The Quarrymen. A recording of this concert will be auctioned almost 37 years later. [3] [4]
• 1960 / John Lennon occurs for the first time with the newly formed group: The Beatles. [5]
• 1962.10.05 / John Lennon and his group, the Beatles, release their first 45t with songs like Love me do and P.S. I love you. [6]
• 1965.06.12 / Elizabeth II gives John Lennon the British Empire Medal. [7]
• 1966 / Encounter of John Lennon with Yoko Ono, artist, singer, filmmaker, author and great peace activist in the world. [8]
• 1967 / Exiting album iconic Sergeant Pepper of Beatles. [9]
• 1968 / John Lennon is arrested for drug use. [10]
• 1969 / Marriage of John Lennon with Yoko Ono. [11]
• 1969.03.25 / Amsterdam. John Lennon and Yoko Ono announce that, to protest the violence in the world, they will both stay in bed at the Hilton Hotel for 7 days and 7 nights. [12]
• 1969.11.25 / John Lennon refers to Elizabeth II his Medal of the British Empire and renounces his title of "Member of the British Empire" as a sign protest against Britain's attitude to the conflicts in Vietnam and Nigeria. [13]
• 1969.12.15 / John Lennon announces that he will have his Christmas vows all over the world, accompanied by calls for peace. [14]
• 1970 / John Lennon receives Oscar for composing the song Let it be. [15]
• 1970.01.07 / London. John Lennon exposes erotic lithographs with his wife, Yoko Ono, in an exhibition. [16]
• 1970.01.16 / London. Scotland Yard seized 8 of the 14 erotic lithographs exhibited by John Lennon in an art gallery, while it is in Denmark. [17]
• 1971 / Official Separation of Beatles. [18]
• 1976 / John Lennon sells his Oscar at auction for $ 600, at a charity sale to a school for the mentally handicapped. [19]
• 1980 / Release album Double Fancy by John Lennon. [20]
• 1980.12.08 / New York. Death of John Lennon, murdered in Manhattan by Chapman. [21]
• 1995.12.04 / -. Publication of the Free as a bird by the Beatles, which John Lennon had started writing before his assassination, from a recording given by Yoko Ono. [22]
• 1996 / -. The Beatles release an ultimate song from John Lennon recordings made shortly before his death: Real Love. [23]