{"slug": "john-lennon", "label": "John Lennon", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1203", "qid": "Q1203", "description": "British musician (1940–1980)", "entries": 13, "years": 10, "span": [1933, 2023], "span_label": ["1933 CE", "2023 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 5}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "the-beatles", "label": "The Beatles", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "amsterdam", "label": "Amsterdam", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gibraltar", "label": "Gibraltar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "quebec", "label": "Quebec", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "montreal", "label": "Montreal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "manhattan", "label": "Manhattan", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1933, "year_label": "1933 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 18", "text": "February 18 – Yoko Ono, Japanese-born artist and musician, widow of John Lennon", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371108771#February", "title": "1933", "revid": 1371108771, "section": "Births › February"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 9", "text": "October 9 – The Lead Singer of The Beatles, John Lennon was born.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#October", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1957, "year_label": "1957 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 6", "text": "July 6 – At the age of fifteen, Paul McCartney meets John Lennon and his band, the Quarrymen, at the St Peter's Church Hall fête in Woolton.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371361971#July", "title": "1957", "revid": 1371361971, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1964, "year_label": "1964 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – In Jacksonville, Florida, during a tour of the United States, John Lennon announces that the Beatles will not play to a segregated audience.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371069587#September", "title": "1964", "revid": 1371069587, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1966, "year_label": "1966 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 11", "text": "August 11 – the Beatles hold a press conference in Chicago, during which John Lennon apologizes for his \"more popular than Jesus\" remark, saying, \"I didn't mean it as a lousy anti-religious thing.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370246126#August", "title": "1966", "revid": 1370246126, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1966, "year_label": "1966 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4 – In an interview with London Evening Standard reporter Maureen Cleave, John Lennon of the Beatles states: \"We're more popular than Jesus now.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370246126#March", "title": "1966", "revid": 1370246126, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 20", "text": "March 20 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono are married at Gibraltar, and proceed to their honeymoon \"Bed-in\" for peace in Amsterdam.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#March", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 26", "text": "May 26–June 2 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono conduct their second bed-in. The follow-up to the Amsterdam event is held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. Lennon composes and records the song \"Give Peace a Chance\" during the event.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#May", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 10", "text": "December 10 – The John Sinclair Freedom Rally in support of the imprisoned activist features a performance by John Lennon at Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#December", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 9", "text": "September 9 – English musician John Lennon releases his second studio album Imagine. Worldwide sales of the title track will exceed 5 million.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#September", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1980, "year_label": "1980 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363797378#December", "title": "1980", "revid": 1363797378, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 24", "text": "August 24 – Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering John Lennon in Manhattan eight months earlier.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#August", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 2", "text": "November 2 – The Beatles release \"Now and Then\", the band's last ever song, featuring restored vocals by John Lennon (1940–1980), as well as guitar tracks by George Harrison (1943–2001).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#November", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › November"}}]}