{"id":1211,"date":"2010-10-08T19:31:54","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T19:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2010-10-08T19:31:54","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T19:31:54","slug":"john-lennons-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/08\/john-lennons-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"John Lennon\u2019s Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"John Lennon\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Lennon\">John Lennon&#8217;s<\/a> wire-rimmed glasses appeared on <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Google\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/google.com\">Google&#8217;s\u00a0homepage<\/a> early this morning. The tribute is about his birth &#8211; Lennon died on Dec. 8 in 1980. He was born on Oct. 9 in 1940.<\/p>\n<p>The image is Google&#8217;s way of saying &#8220;happy birthday&#8221; to Lennon, who would have been 70 years old Saturday. Press that play button and you&#8217;ll see a quick animation set to Lennon&#8217;s &#8220;Imagine.&#8221; (If the video doesn&#8217;t play, <a href=\"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/2010\/10\/john-lennons-birth\/\">click here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"576\" height=\"351\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/TYHCeUfoAnw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;version=3\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Another fab one Google. 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The tribute is about his birth &#8211; Lennon died on Dec. 8 in 1980. He was born on Oct. 9 in 1940. The image is Google&#8217;s way of saying &#8220;happy birthday&#8221; to Lennon, who would have been 70 years old Saturday. 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