World Cancer Day

They are working on a song called “Walking on Thin Ice.” It is scheduled to be released as a single by Yoko, and John tells her she has just recorded her first number 1 song. During the session, David Geffen, head of the label John and Yoko have signed with, visits the couple at the recording studio to tell them “Double Fantasy” had just gone gold. Lennon left the studio a happy man — probably as happy as he’d ever been. John arranges to return at 9am the next day, turning to producer Jack Douglas and smiling: “See you tomorrow morning, bright and early!”

10:35pm: Their limousine takes them up Eighth Avenue to Columbus Circle, continues north along Central Park West and then left into 72nd Street.