{"id":30567,"date":"2024-10-09T18:02:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T18:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-oct-9-1985-strawberry-fields-opened-in-ny-on-what-wouldve-been-john-lennons-45th-birthday\/"},"modified":"2024-10-09T18:02:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T18:02:37","slug":"on-this-day-oct-9-1985-strawberry-fields-opened-in-ny-on-what-wouldve-been-john-lennons-45th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-oct-9-1985-strawberry-fields-opened-in-ny-on-what-wouldve-been-john-lennons-45th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day, Oct. 9, 1985: Strawberry Fields opened in NY on what would&#8217;ve been John Lennon&#8217;s 45th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-10-09\/ABCAudio_ThisDayInHistory_v03_ag.jpg\" alt><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On This Day, Oct. 9, 1985 &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>John Lennon<\/strong>\u2019s widow,\u00a0<strong>Yoko Ono<\/strong>,\u00a0joined <strong>The<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Beatles\u00a0<\/strong>fans for the opening of Strawberry Fields in New York\u2019s Central Park, a memorial to the late Beatle named after the Lennon-penned track \u201cStrawberry Fields Forever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Located on Central Park West at 72nd Street, the 5-acre plot of land features a circular memorial with a mosaic of stones with the word \u201cImagine,\u201d the title of Lennon\u2019s iconic tune. It is located not far from Lennon and Ono\u2019s New York apartment, The Dakota, where Lennon was killed on Dec. 8, 1980.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Oct. 9 was also Lennon&#8217;s birthday, and the opening ceremony coincided with what would have been his 45th birthday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To coincide with what would have been Lennon\u2019s\u00a084th birthday this year, the documentary\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Daytime<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Revolution<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, about the week in\u00a01972 when\u00a0John and Yoko\u00a0took over <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">The Mike Douglas Show<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, is opening\u00a0in theaters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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