New York — Meet the Beatles, indeed. Thousands of fans greeted the four shaggy-haired lads from Liverpool (John Lennon, from left, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison) upon their arrival in America on Feb. 7, 1964, at John F. Kennedy Airport, soon after their Pan Am flight from London landed.
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New York — The Beatles wave to fans assembled below from a Plaza Hotel window.
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New York — Ed Sullivan, center, stands with The Beatles during a rehearsal for the Feb. 9, 1964 "Ed Sullivan Show," their first American television appearance.
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New York — The Beatles' first "Sullivan" appearance was seen by an estimated 73 million Americans.
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Los Angeles — The Beatles returned to the U.K. on Feb. 22 but returned to the U.S. for in August for a tour. They took a day off on Aug. 24 at a rented house in Bel-Air after performing the previous day at the Hollywood Bowl.
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New York — On Sept. 21, 1964, the Beatles waved a temporary goodbye to America as they boarded a plane bound for England.
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Bangor, Wales — The Beatles join the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, center, for a weekend of meditation Aug. 26, 1967.
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New York — The band in 1968, the year they started Apple Corps and released "The Beatles," a.k.a. "The White Album."
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New York — John Lennon speaks at a news conference in May 1968 at the Americana Hotel. He said of the band's involvement with the Maharishi, "we made a mistake." When he and Paul McCartney were asked if they had any new philosophical leaders, Lennon replied, "Me!" The pair were promoting the newly formed Apple Corps.
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Amsterdam — John Lennon and Yoko Ono are seen during their 1969 "bed-in" at the Amsterdam Hilton.
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Cannes, France — Lennon is seen on May 17, 1971, at the Cannes Film Festival, where he and Yoko Ono showed their films "Apotheosis" and "Fly."
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New York — On Aug. 30, 1972, Lennon performed a charity concert at Madison Square Garden to benefit mentally-handicapped children.
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New York — Lennon, giving the peace sign, and his wife, Yoko Ono, arrive for a hearing on their deportation case at a U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service office in lower Manhattan, on May 12, 1972.
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Los Angeles — John Lennon is seen in 1974 during part of his "lost weekend" in L.A., during which he and former band mate Paul McCartney played together one night at a studio jam session heard later in bootleg form.
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Los Angeles — You needed a key to get into the On the Rox nightclub on the Sunset Strip, and Ringo Starr was nice enough in 1976 to unlock the door and bring in old pal John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
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New York — John Lennon is seen on Jan. 18, 1977. That year, he recorded a demo of "Free as a Bird," which in 1995 was finished by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison and released as a single to promote "The Beatles Anthology."
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New York — John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, arrive at the Hit Factory, where they were working on "Double Fantasy," on Aug. 22, 1980.
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New York — John Lennon is seen Dec. 8, 1980, the day Lennon was shot in front of his the Dakota.
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New York — Yoko Ono, center, is aided by a policeman and David Geffen, right, as she leaves Roosevelt Hospital on Dec. 8, 1980, after the death of her husband.
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New York — People jam the street at Central Park West and 72nd Street, just outside the Dakota apartment house, on Dec. 14, 1980, after leaving a memorial service for Lennon held at the bandshell in Central Park. Police estimated the crowd at 50,000 to 100,000.
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New York — Mark David Chapman is booked on suspicion of murdering John Lennon shortly after the shooting. He would later plead guilty. Chapman was most recently denied parole on Sept. 7.
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New York — New York police hold spectators behind barricades on Dec. 9, 1980, the day after the shooting.
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New York — A quote by John Lennon is written on the sidewalk at Washington Square Park in late September 2001, where many messages and memorials were placed for the victims of the 9/11 attacks.
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Los Angeles — John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, and their son, Sean Lennon, appear backstage at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards show at the Staples Center on Feb. 8, 2004. The Beatles received the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences President's Award in tribute to the 40th anniversary of their arrival in the United States. Ono was on hand to receive the honor for her late husband.
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New York — The Dakota is seen on April 7, 2010.
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New York — People pay tribute to John Lennon on Friday at Strawberry Fields, a memorial located in Central Park located near the place he was shot.
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New York — The "Imagine" circle in memory of John Lennon is seen in the Strawberry Fields section of Central Park.
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