Sneaky's Daily Did You Know....? - Barmy Beliefs

John Lennon believed that the number 9 affected everything in his life. He and son Sean shared a birthday of 9 October. Future manager Brian Epstein first attended a Beatles concert at the Carvern in Liverpool on 9 November 1961 and clinched a record deal with EMI on 9 May 1962. The groups first record, "Love Me Do" was on Parlophone 4949. Lennon met Yoko Ono on 9 November 1966 and thought it was significant that their New York apartment was on West 72nd Street and their Dakota home was no. 72 (7+2=9). Similarly, he placed great store by the fact that, as a student, he had taken the no. 72 bus from his home to Liverpool Art College. This fixation sometimes manifested itself in his songs which included such titles as "Number 9 Dream", "Revolution 9" and "One After 909", written at his mother's house - 9 Newcastle Road, Wavertree. Lennon was shot dead by Mark Chapman late on the evening of 8 December 1980 in New York but the five-hour time difference meant that it was 9 December in Liverpool. His body was taken to the Roosevelt Hospital on Ninth Avenue.