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Born in Liverpool, England during a blitzkrieg attack by the German Luftwaffe.
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The Beatles evolved from Lennon's first band, the Quarrymen. Named after Quarry Bank High School, the group was established by him when he was 15, and began as a skiffle group.
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Lennon first met Paul McCartney at the Quarrymen's second performance, held in Woolton at the St. Peter's Church garden fête, after which McCartney was asked to join the band.
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The Quarrymen first recordingGeorge Harrison, a friend of Paul, joins the Quarrymen
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John's mother is killed by an auto while crossing the road.
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John Lennon marries his high school sweetheart
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Julian Lennon was born to John and Cynthia
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John's first book, In His Own Write, is published.
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A Spaniard in the Works, John's second book, is published
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The Beatles give their last concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
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John meets Yoko Ono at a preview of her art show, Exhibition #2, at London's Indica Gallery.
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John and Cynthia are divorced
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Lennon and Yoko Ono were married in Gibraltar and spent their honeymoon in Amsterdam campaigning with a week-long Bed-In for peace.
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Lennon returned his MBE (Member of the British Empire), awarded by Queen Elizabeth to the Beatles in 1965, in protest over Great Britain's support for the Vietnam War.
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John Lennon performing "Give Peace a Chance" The song was quickly taken up as an anti-war anthem and sung by a quarter of a million protestors against the Vietnam War in Washington, DC.
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ImagineJohn records "Imagine" at his home studio at Tittenhurst Park.
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Lennon performed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to free John Sinclair, leader of the White Panther Party, who had been arrested for selling two joints of marijuana to undercover policemen. Sinclair was released from prison three days after the rally when the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that the state law regarding marijuana possession was unconstitutional.
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John Lennon was ordered to leave the US within 60 days.
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It was held to announce the formation of the conceptual state of "Nutopia"; a place with "no land, no boundaries, no passports, only people", and all of its inhabitants would be ambassadors. The Lennons asked for political asylum in the US while waving the white flag of Nutopia; two white handkerchiefs.
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Lennon's application to remain a permanent resident of the U.S. was granted. Shortly after the court's decision, Lennon posed in front of the Statue of Liberty, flashing the peace sign.
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Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman.
