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The Musical (Summary Proceedings) Copyright Act 1902, a UK Act of Parliament, is given the royal assent. The act provides that the owner of the copyright in a musical work could apply to a court of summary jurisdiction with evidence that unlicensed copies of the work were being "hawked, carried about, sold or offered for sale", and that the court could order a constable to seize these copies without warrant and bring them before the court. If it was proven the copies were unauthorized, the court could order them to be destroyed, or delivered to the copyright owner.
Derek Leckenby is born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe. He will find success as a guitarist for 60s hitmakers Herman's Hermits.
The Beatles play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, as part of a marathon show also featuring The Fourmost, The Hollies, The Swinging Blue Genes, The Merseybeats, The Roadrunners, The Dominoes and Earl Preston And The TTs.
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The Rolling Stones have a recording session at R.G.Jones Studio, Morden, Surrey, England, UK, Europe, during which they record two songs intended to be used in a film by their manager Giorgio Gomelsky.
The Beatles play in the Merseybeat Showcase at The Tower, New Brighton, England, UK, Europe, supported by Gerry And The Pacemakers. Following the show, Paul McCartney is stopped by police for driving over the speed limit on Seabank Road in Wallasey, Merseyside, for which he will receive a fine and a one-year driving ban.
The Hollies record their cover version of The Coasters' hit Searchin', at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe. The track is composed by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
Philadelphia-based tv pop show American Bandstand ends the daily version of its series after six years on ABC-TV in the USA. The show continues on Saturdays only. 
Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Tommy Roe, The Fourmost, Tommy Quickly, Heinz And The Saints, The Dennisons and Johnny Sandon And The Remo Four play at The Granada, Dartford, England, UK, Europe.
The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, Julie Grant, The Flintstones and The Rolling Stones play at The Gaumont, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe.
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The Billy J. Kramer Pop Parade tour, featuring Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, The Caravelles, The Fourmost, Houston Wells, Tommy Quickly and The Marauders plays at The Gaumont, Watford, England, UK, Europe.
Successful German band The Rattles play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Manish Boys, not yet including Davy Jones (later to become David Bowie) on vocals, audition at the BBC in London, UK, for a season at The Star Club.
How Do You Do It? by Gerry And The Pacemakers enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No9.
The government of Indonesia bans Beatles-styled haircuts. The Beatles are regarded as ambassadors of Western Decadence and improper moral values.
The Animals, Jan And Dean, Chuck Berry and Del Shannon play the fifth of ten nights at The Paramount Theatre, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
Davie Jones and The Manish Boys play at the Agricultural Hall, Maidstone, UK. Davie Jones will find greater fame after a name change to David Bowie.
During the 10.30am BBC Radio news summary in the UK, announcer Roy Williams states that Ringo Starr of The Beatles "has had his toe nails successfully removed." It was actually his tonsils.
The Rolling Stones play a gig in Hong Kong, Asia, before flying on to Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Having been formally investigating the supposedly pornographic lyrics of The Kingsmen's 1963 hit single Louie Louie, The FBI Laboratory in the USA officially declares them to be "unintelligible".
The Beatles complete post-sync work on their film Help! at Twickenham Film Studio, St Margaret's, Twickenham, UK. In the evening, John Lennon is interviewed at NEMS' offices for the BBC radio programme The World Of Books.
The Steam Packet play at Cooks Ferry Inn, Angel Street, upper Edmonton, North London, England, UK. The group includes Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll.
The Beatles release a new single, Dizzy Miss Lizzy/Anna (Go To Him) on Odeon Records in Japan, Asia.
The Kinks spend the first of eight days recording tracks for their album The Kink Kontroversy in Pye Studios, London, England, UK, Europe. One track recorded at these sessions, If I Remember, will be held over until the release of their 1966 album Face To Face.
The Rolling Stones make their debut on TV's Hullaballoo in the USA, playing Get Off Of My Cloud. Today's edition also features The Kingsmen, performing Money, plus Barry McGuire and Brenda Lee.
The Kinks, Unit 4+2, The Pretty Things and The Roulettes appear on the UK's Radio Luxembourg show Ready, Steady, Radio!
The Nashville Teens, Mouldy Warp and The Clayton Squares play in The Poor Man’s Ballat the University of Bradford Students’ Union, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe.
David Bowie records the second version of his song When I Live My Dream for Deram Records in London, England, UK, Europe.
Procol Harum, The Hollies and The Herd appear on the BBC tv show All Syatems Freeman in the UK. The show is hosted by Alan Freeman.
The Move play at St. John's Hall, York, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles start work on Paul McCartney's song I Will, in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe. They also record a version of Step Inside Love, which they will not release but which will provide a hit single for Cilla Black.
David Bowie appears on BBC-tv music chart show Top Of The Pops, performing Space Oddity at Lime Grove Studios, West London, England, UK, Europe. Other acts on the show include Lou Christie, Esther Ofarim and The Temptations.Ringo Starr of The Beatles begins recording his solo album Sentimental Journey at Abbey Road studios, London, England, UK, Europe, with producer George Martin.
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Rod Stewart's former paramour, Swedish actress Britt Ekland, marries Slim Jim Phantom, drummer of rockabilly revival trio The Stray Cats, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
On their End Of The Road tour Status Quo play the second of two nights at Trentham Gardens, Stoke On Trent, England, UK, Europe.
Roger Daltrey, vocalist of The Who, is a awarded a CBE in the Queen’s honours list.
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