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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 rock musical 
The People's Fair, a three day event, is taking place in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. Over the three days of the event, artists appearing include Buddy Rich, Taj Mahal, Ravi Shankar, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Paul Butterfield, Terry Reid, Steve Miller, The Amboy Dukes, Chuck Berry, The Siegel-Schwall Band, SRC, Crow, Brownsville Station, Sugar Loaf and more.
At the City Hall, Truro, Cornwall, England, UK, Europe, the band formerly known as Smile plays its first gig under the new name of Queen.
When Stop! The Love You Save reaches No1 in the USA, The Jackson Five, including Michael Jackson, becomes the first group to top the Billboard Top 100 singles chart in the USA with its first three singles.
The Band, Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, Delaney And Bonnie, Traffic, Buddy Guy, Mountain, Tom Rush, Sea Train, Melanie and Ten Years After play the first of two days at the Canadian National Expo Grandstand, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as part of the Trans Continental Pop Festival, a.k.a. the Trans-Canada tour or Festival Express since the mode of transportation was by train. Protestors riot at the stadium, demanding that the concerts should be free.
Appearing on the first day of The Bath Festival Of Blues and Progressive Music are Canned Heat, John Mayall, Steppenwolf, Pink Floyd, Johnny Winter, It’s A Beautiful Day, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Keef Hartley Band, and the Maynard Ferguson Big Band. Tickets cost £2.10s. Attendance : 150,000.