"Friday 22nd November, 1963 is still remembered by many, who lived through it as the day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Earlier on that eventful day, Parlophone had released the Beatles’ second album."
Somehow the album With_The_Beatles & its interesting dark cover was released on 11-22. Its customary for most people to dress in black to mourn the passing of someone. Album cover concepts & overall design can start months prior to the release date. So its not like someone would say, lets have a Beatles black album cover to coincide with the death of a very media visible person. Of course the timing was uncanny & several decades later PBS would broadcast a John Lennon documentary on 11-22.
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The_Dream_Academy may have subconsciously tapped into the 11-22 synchronicity.
{"In winter 1963 It felt like the world would freeze With John F. Kennedy And the Beatles."}
http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/72673/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YablrXxFCc
Life_in_a_Northern_Town#The_original_version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXqqw-gQqzo
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As John Kennedy's death marked a low point in history on 11-22, John Lennon's band soared to a new high with the release of the 2nd studio_album. By the time The Beatles had arrived in North America to promote their 2nd album, NYC had a new name for its International_Airport.
Almost 4 decades later, Liverpool's International Airport was also renamed.
"Lennon joins figures like John F Kennedy (New York), Leonardo Da Vinci (Rome) and Josef Strauss (Munich) who have had airports named after them."
"2002 saw the airport being renamed in honour of John Lennon, a founding member of the Liverpudlian group the Beatles, twenty-two years after Lennon's death."
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While Ed_Sullivan & Richard_Nixon shared a basic similar appearance, only Ed_Sullivan welcomed John & the rest of The Beatles.
There sure was a couple of guys named John that RM Nixon despised.
Richard_Nixon lost the presidential election to JFK in 1960 & was quite upset.
Years later, President Nixon tried to get John_Lennon deported.
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Its tough to say as to why PBS chose 11-22-2010.
Monday, November 22 at 9pm on PBS
http://imaginepeace.com/archives/12089
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/lennonyc/about-the-film/1551/
1hr & 54min
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/lennonyc/watch-the-full-film/1722/
"...the film American Masters LENNONYC introduced by Susan Lacy, series creator and executive producer of American Masters and a producer of LENNONYC and Michael Epstein, director/writer of LENNONYC. New “episodes” will post weekly every Thursday until the Thursday after broadcast on November 22."
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/lennonyc-beyond-broadcast/episode-4-elton-john/1654/
For some, late 1963 had become a dark winter of loss.
