Video: 'BED PEACE starring John Lennon & Yoko Ono' (June 5, 1969, at 1:09:10-1:09:19/1:09:29-1:09:40)
(Thursday, June 5, 1969, 9:00 p.m. EDT; during the Vietnam War) — Following a week-long bed-in for peace in Montreal and a peace conference at the University of Ottawa, John Lennon of The Beatles and his wife, Yoko Ono, flew out of Toronto International Airport tonight, bound for Frankfurt and London, giving up, for now, their hope of holding a bed-in for peace in the United States. Continue reading Lennon, Ono depart Toronto for London 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 5 1969)