--- title: Yoko Ono Tries Attempts Record Human Peace Sign description: The attempt made for some striking pictures but came up short canonical: https://time.com/4063484/john-lennon-human-peace-sign/ author: Denver Nicks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-06T19:46:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:01:21.080Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Yoko Ono Tries for Record Human Peace Sign for John Lennon’s Birthday og:description: The attempt made for some striking pictures og:url: https://time.com/4063484/john-lennon-human-peace-sign/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32823b71171601b8/698867282dce01665c9e5e64/peace-sign-new-york-city-yoko-ono-john-lennon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Biggest Peace Sign Yoko Ono Central Park New York og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Yoko Ono Tries for Record Human Peace Sign for John Lennon’s Birthday twitter:description: The attempt made for some striking pictures twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32823b71171601b8/698867282dce01665c9e5e64/peace-sign-new-york-city-yoko-ono-john-lennon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Yoko Ono Tries for Record Human Peace Sign for John Lennon’s Birthday  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Oct 6, 2015 7:46 PM UTC  Yoko Ono and the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus brought out thousands of people to come together and create a human peace sign in Central Park on Oct. 6, 2015 in New York City. Yoko Ono and the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus brought out thousands of people to come together and create a human peace sign in Central Park on Oct. 6, 2015 in New York City.NYonAir/Paul GaNun  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Oct 6, 2015 7:46 PM UTC More than 2,000 students, politicians and activists joined Yoko Ono at New York’s Central Park Tuesday in an attempt to set a new world record for the biggest human peace sign in [celebration](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thousands-join-yoko-ono-to-form-peace-sign/) of what would have been John Lennon’s 75th birthday. CBS reports a representative from Guinness World Records present at the gathering said that though thousands took part, it wasn’t enough to beat the current human peace sign record, 5,814, set in Ithaca, NY, in 2009. Even if no records were broken, the gathering was a fitting tribute to the slain Beatle, with participants ranging from old hippies to kids not yet born when the legendary songwriter and musician died, CBS reports. John Lennon was fatally shot outside his New York City apartment on December 8, 1980. \[[CBS](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thousands-join-yoko-ono-to-form-peace-sign/)\] ### Mad About the Boys: Rare Photos of Beatles Fans, 1964  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. 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