Profession: Artist & Musician
Nationality:
Japanese
Why Famous: The second wife of John Lennon. Early on, she was criticized for her influence over Lennon and his music, and blamed for the breakup of the Beatles.
Public opinion of her shifted over time, thanks in large part to her significant philanthropic contributions and her role in the feminist movement.
Born: February 18, 1933
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Age: 86 years old
Married Life
- 1962-11-28 Artist and peace activist Yoko Ono (30) weds film producer Anthony Cox
- 1969-03-20 Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar
Events in the Life of Yoko Ono
- 1966-11-09 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at an avante-garde art exposition at Indica Gallery in London
- 1968-06-15 John Lennon and Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Coventry Cathedral
- 1968-08-30 John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "One on One" benefit for children at Madison Square Garden, New York
- 1968-08-31 Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon and Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on cover
- 1968-10-18 Police find 219 grains of cannabis resin in John Lennon and Yoko Ono's apartment, they are fined £150 for marijuana possession
- 1968-10-25 Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby
- 1968-11-29 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release their 1st album "Two Virgins" in UK
- 1969-03-25 John Lennon and Yoko Ono stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam)
- 1969-05-26 John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their 2nd bed-in for peace (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal)
- 1969-05-31 John Lennon and Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a Chance"
- 1969-06-14 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on David Frost's British TV Show
- 1969-07-01 John Lennon and Yoko Ono are admitted to hospital after a car crash
- 1969-11-07 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release their second album "Wedding Album" in UK
- 1970-04-01 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release hoax they are having dual sex change operations
- 1971-01-20 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan
- 1971-01-22 John Lennon and Yoko Ono record "Power to the People"
- 1971-06-06 John Lennon and Yoko Ono unannounced appearance at Fillmore East in NYC
- 1971-09-09 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV)
- 1971-10-14 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on "Dick Cavett Show"
- 1971-10-28 John Lennon and Yoko Ono record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in NYC
- 1971-12-01 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US
- 1972-02-14 John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week
- 1972-02-18 John Lennon and Yoko Ono end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show
- 1972-03-16 John Lennon and Yoko Ono are served with deportation papers
- 1972-08-30 John Lennon and Yoko Ono perform at Madison Square Garden
- 1972-09-05 Jerry Lewis' 7th Muscular Dystrophy telethon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear
- 1973-03-23 Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in USA
- 1973-04-01 John Lennon and Yoko Ono form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence
- 1980-08-04 John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin recording "Double Fantasy"
- 1980-09-22 John Lennon and Yoko Ono sign a recording contract with Geffen Records
- 1980-11-21 John Lennon and Yoko Ono pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum
- 1984-01-27 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release "Milk & Honey" album
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