Lennon would have been 70

Thousands of fans welcomed the "Fab Four" (from left to right: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison) on arrival in America, February 7, 1964 at the airport John F. Kennedy.





"The Beatles" waving fans gathered under the window of their room at the hotel «Plaza Hotel».



Ed Sullivan (center) stands with "Beatles" during a rehearsal of "Ed Sullivan Show" where they first appeared on American television.



The first appearance of "The Beatles" on American television saw 73 million people.



"The Beatles" returned to the UK on February 22, but in August again arrived in the United States. August 24 they had a day off, which they held in a rented house in Bel-Aire after a concert in «Hollywood Bowl».



September 21, 1964 "The Beatles" temporarily said goodbye to America, went up on board a plane bound for England.



"The Beatles" joined the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (center) for a day of meditation, August 26, 1967.



Group in 1968, the band "The Beatles" released their album «The Beatles», also known as «The White Album».



John Lennon at a press conference in May 1968 in the hotel «Americana Hotel». On the joint event with the Maharishi he said that they "made a mistake". When he and Paul McCartney asked if they have any new philosophical leaders, Lennon replied, "I am!" Lennon and McCartney to advertise their new company «Apple Corps».



John Lennon and Yoko Ono in bed in 1969 at the hotel «Hilton» in Amsterdam.



Lennon 17 May 1971 at the Cannes Film Festival, where he and his wife presented the films "The Apotheosis" and "Fly».



August 30, 1972 Lennon at a charity concert at Madison Square Garden, the proceeds of which went to the treatment of mentally retarded children.



Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono arrived at the hearing to deport them to the office of US Immigration in Manhattan May 12, 1972.



John Lennon in 1974, during his "lost weekend" in Los Angeles, when he and Paul McCartney played together in the studio.



To get into the nightclub «On the Rox», needed special key, and Ringo Starr are happy to provide his old friend John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono.



John Lennon January 18, 1977. In that year, he recorded a demo version of «Free as a Bird», which in 1995 completed the Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison, and released as a single in "The Beatles Anthology».



John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono arrived in «Hit Factory», where they worked on a joint album «Double Fantasy» August 22, 1980.



This is a photo of John Lennon was made December 8, 1980, the day he was killed.



A police officer and David Geffen (right) displays the Yoko Ono of the hospital Ruzvelta December 8, 1980 after the death of her husband.



People gathered on the street Central Park West and 72nd Street at home Dakota 14 December 1980 after the memorial service for John Lennon. Gathered here from 50 000 to 100 000 people.



Mark David Chapman was held suspect in the case of John Lennon. Later, he was found guilty.



New York police will not allow fans to home Lennon on the day after the murder



Quote by John Lennon written on the sidewalk in Washington Square Park in September 2001. Here are left notes and messages victims September 11 attacks.



John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and their son Sean backstage 46th ceremony of "Grammy" February 8, 2004. "The Beatles" were awarded the President of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences in the day of their 40th anniversary of the arrival in the United States. It won the award for her late husband.



Dakota building April 7, 2010.



People pay tribute to the memory of John Lennon on the memorial «Strawberry Fields» in Central Park, not far from the spot where he was killed by a musician.



Circle «Imagine» in memory of John Lennon in Central Park.

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