John Lennon · 1971

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1. John LennonAugust 13, 1971

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   John Lennon flew from London's Heathrow Airport to New York. According to the source, he never subsequently set foot on British soil again, although he planned to visit his aunt Mimi before his death in December 1980.
2. John LennonSeptember 3, 1971

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   John Lennon left the United Kingdom and traveled to New York, from where he never permanently returned to Britain.
3. John LennonOctober 1, 1971

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   John Lennon’s album “Imagine” received a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States. The certification was later upgraded to double platinum for more than two million copies sold in the USA.
4. John LennonOctober 2, 1971

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   John Lennon's album “Imagine” entered the U.S. album chart at No. 155 and climbed to No. 1 during October. The first copies of the album included a postcard featuring Lennon holding a pig as a reference to the photograph of Paul McCartney with a sheep on the cover of the album “Ram.”
5. John LennonOctober 8, 1971

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   John Lennon released the single “Imagine” in the UK.
6. John LennonOctober 9, 1971

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   John Lennon's Imagine LP was released. It reached #1 on both sides of the Atlantic and was later ranked #76 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
7. John LennonSeptember 1, 1972

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   He released the single “Woman Is the N****r of the World”.
8. John LennonSeptember 2, 1972

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   He performed at a benefit concert for the Willowbrook school for children with disabilities at Madison Square Garden.
9. John LennonAugust 24, 1969

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   John Lennon wrote the song „Cold Turkey“ about heroin withdrawal, rehearsed it during the afternoon and recorded it that evening with Ringo Starr and Klaus Voormann. During the recording he also drew on his recent experience with primal scream therapy. Despite unfavorable reviews and a BBC ban, the song reached the U.K. Top 20 and U.S. Top 30 and became a precursor to his later album „Plastic Ono Band“.
10. John LennonAugust 23, 1974

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    John Lennon claimed that he saw a UFO from the balcony of his New York apartment, which he shared with May Pang. He described it as a typical flying saucer surrounded by lights, with a red light on top. He later recorded the date and time of the alleged sighting, August 23, 1974 at 9 p.m., in the notes to the album “Walls and Bridges”.
11. John LennonAugust 31, 1974

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    John Lennon testified in federal court that the Nixon administration had sought to deport him because of his participation in anti-war demonstrations during the Republican convention in Miami, Florida, in 1972. He also said he suspected that his phones had been tapped and that he had been followed by government agents. The federal appeals court overturned the deportation order on October 7, 1975.
12. John LennonOctober 4, 1974

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    John Lennon released the album Walls And Bridges in the UK. The album was created during his separation from Yoko Ono and became his US number-one album, reaching the top of the Billboard chart several weeks later.