John lennon's father, freddie, was a merchant seaman also played clarinet and piano in a traditional jazz band around liverpool settled in america, opening a chain of successful fish and chips restaurants abandoned his child, only to resurface years later to ask for money from his famous song was stationed aboard the titanic, drowning when it sank at sea was killed when his submarine was torpedoed during world war ii

I'm not 100% sure of the answer here since John Lennon's dad was actually called Alf, however he was musically talented and did record an album under the name Freddie Lennon, he did also spend many years living in America so my guess is that he also played clarinet and piano in a traditional jazz band around liverpool and settled in america is the answer.  

on november 6 and 7, 1917 (or october 24 and 25 on the julian calendar, which is why the event is often referred to as the october revolution), leftist revolutionaries led by bolshevik party leader vladimir lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d'état against the duma's provisional government.