John Lennon died on 8 December 1980 in New York City, aged 40. A British musician and songwriter, Lennon co-founded The Beatles in Liverpool and wrote many of their best-known songs in partnership with Paul McCartney. After the band split in 1970 he pursued a solo career, releasing albums such as John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, whose title song became an anthem for peace. With his wife Yoko Ono he staged public peace protests, including the bed-ins of 1969, and he moved to New York in the 1970s. After a break from music to raise his son, he returned to recording in 1980. He was shot and killed outside his apartment building in Manhattan on the evening of 8 December 1980.
Before and after
- October 1980Discovery of Prometheus
- October 1980Discovery of Pandora
- 21 October 1980Birth of Kim Kardashian
- 2 December 1980Establishment of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
- 8 December 1980Death of John Lennon
- 18 December 1980Establishment of Ichkeul National Park
- 18 December 1980Birth of Christina Aguilera
- 1981Establishment of Triglav National Park
- 1981Founding of Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Persian Gulf
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