Key Dates in John Lennon's Beatles Career  Lennon Will Always Be
One of the "Fab Four"  Steven Bryan On Dec. 8, 1980, John
Lennon, a man whose music often spoke of love and peace, fell
victim to an killer's bullet outside of his New York City
apartment building. Weeks earlier, Lennon had celebrated his
40th birthday.  Thirty years later, the music world still feels
the influence -- and the loss -- of a musician who came to
prominence as a member of the Beatles. To commemorate the
anniversary of his death, here's a look back at Lennon's career
with the "Fab Four":  March 1957: John Lennon forms the
Quarrymen  Lennon formed a musical group called the Quarrymen,
named after Quarry Bank High School for Boys, which he attended.
By 1958, future Beatles Paul McCartney and George Harrison had
joined the Quarrymen.  August 1960: After several names changes,
the Beatles are born  In order to include "beat" in their name,
Lennon and new band member Stuart Sutcliffe changed the group's
name to the Beatals. The name morph