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John Lennon
1940–1980
English musician and activist (1940–1980)
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Birth
1940 October 9, 1940 →Death
1980 December 8, 1980 →Biography
John Winston Ono Lennon was an English musician and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history.
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Día Mundial de los Beatles. Esta es una de las celebraciones. Recuerda la fecha de la inauguración del Cavern Club en 1961, el famoso club de Liverpool donde los Beatles debutaron y dieron sus primeros pasos.(en inglés: Beatles Day).Además, a los Beatles se les rinde homenaje otros días: 6 de julio: Se celebra el día de 1957 en el cual se conocieron John Lennon y Paul McCartney, los fundadores de la banda.
January 16 →John Lennon and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) first meet at St. Peter's Church garden fete in Liverpool, England.
July 6 →John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
July 6 →en Liverpool (Inglaterra), el músico Paul McCartney le presenta John Lennon a George Harrison.
February 6 →In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
March 4 →During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).
March 25 →Das frischvermählte Künstlerpaar John Lennon und Yoko Ono lädt die Öffentlichkeit ein zum Bed-In, indem es vom Bett eines Amsterdamer Hotelzimmers aus Interviews gibt, um so das öffentliche Interesse an seinen Flitterwochen zu nutzen, sich auf künstlerische Weise für den Weltfrieden einzusetzen.
March 24 →Durante sua lua de mel, John Lennon e Yoko Ono realizam seu primeiro Bed-In for Peace no Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (até 31 de março).
March 25 →More from the Interwar & WWII
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