| 10/9/1940 | Born John Winston Lennon,
Liverpool, England, to Julia and Alfred Lennon Quarry Bank Grammar School |
| 1957-1960 | Liverpool Art Institute |
| 1960 | The Beatles form their group |
| 1962 | Married Cynthia Powell |
| 1963 | Julian Lennon born The Beatles start their rise to fame |
| 2/9/1964 | The Ed Sullivan Show, the Beatles
live with "I Want To Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You" and other hits "Beatlemania" ensues |
| 4/27/1964 | Publishes book In His Own Write, followed later by A Spaniard In The Works, and Skywriting By Word of Mouth |
| 5/24/1964 | The Ed Sullivan Show, an April
taped interview on the set of "A Hard Day's Night" "Beatlemania" at a high pitch |
| 1968 | John and Cynthia divorced. |
| 3/20/1969 | John marries Yoko Ono at Gibraltar |
| 3/26/1969 | John and Yoko begin their famous "bed-in for world peace" at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel |
| 1969 | John makes a public reference to
his art: "We had some bad scenes earlier this year [the Beatles], so from now on
we're determined to be ourselves, open to whatever new influences come along. Perhaps I'll
get interested in drawing and painting again. You can't stand still and I think I've been
standing still for a bit too long." Bag One series published, Cinnamon Press, New York |
| 1969 | Bag One collection published, Cinnamon Press, New York |
| 1/15/1970 | Bag One collection first exhibited at the London Art Gallery, England |
| 1/16/1970 | Scotland Yard closes the gallery and seizes eight erotic lithographs under the Obscene Publications Act |
| 2/6/1970 | New York Exhibit |
| 3/26/1970 | Chicago Exhibit, Merrill Chase Art Gallery, Oak Brook, Illinois, the erotic lithographs are confiscated by court order |
| 1970 | The Beatles break up |
| 1975 | Sean Ono Lennon born |
| 7/27/1976 | After a lengthy process, John receives his U.S. green card. |
| 1980 | John produces a record "Double Fantasy" |
| 12/8/1980 | John is killed by an assassin’s gun. |
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