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The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
The musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.
Led Zeppelin play at The Mid-West Pop Festival, State Fairgrounds, West Allis, Wisconsin, USA.
Richie Havens plays the first of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Sweetwater and Spooky Tooth.
Janis Joplin And The Kosmic Blues Band play the first of two nights at The Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland, USA.
Jethro Tull release their second album, Stand Up, on Island Records in the UK.
The Monkees play the first of two nights at the Club Forum, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America.
Crosby, Stills And Nash release their debut single, Marrakesh Express, in the UK on Atlantic Records. The song was inspired by a train trip taken by Graham Nash when he visited Morocco in 1966. Nash told Rolling Stone magazine that at first he traveled in the first-class compartment, but he found it boring, so he went to sit with the regular travellers and their "ducks and pigs and chickens."
The four-day long Seattle Pop Festival begins at Woodinville, Seattle, Washington, USA. The line-up for the whole event includes Chuck Berry, Black Snake, Tim Buckley, The Byrds, Chicago Transit Authority, Albert Collins, Crome Syrcus, Bo Diddley, The Doors, Floating Bridge, The Flock, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Guess Who, It's A Beautiful Day, Led Zeppelin, Charles Lloyd, Lonnie Mack, Lee Michaels, Rockin Fu, Murray Roman, Santana, Spirit, Ten Years After, Ike And Tina Turner, Vanilla Fudge, Alice Cooper and The Youngbloods.
Deep Purple release a new single, Hallelujah, in the UK on Harvest Records.
Thunderclap Newman play at the Corn Exchange, Devizes, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles are in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, working on Polythene Pam, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Come Together, Sun King and Mean Mr Mustard.
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