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ON THIS DAY: 1969

On This Day in 1969… Did You Know? Two days after being married in Gibraltar, John Lennon and Yoko Ono began their first “bed-in for peace” in the presidential suite…

Beatle John Lennon (1940 ? 1980) and his wife of a week Yoko Ono in their bed in the Presidential Suite of the Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam, 25th March 1969. The couple are staging a ‘bed-in for peace’ and intend to stay in bed for seven days ‘as a protest against war and violence in the world’.

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On This Day in 1969...
Did You Know?

Two days after being married in Gibraltar, John Lennon and Yoko Ono began their first "bed-in for peace" in the presidential suite of the Amsterdam Hilton.