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The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.
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 comedy The Happy Time is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.
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.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
Molly Bee is playing during two weeks at The Cork Club, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
The Checkmates Ltd are appearing during an extended engagement at The Cave Supper Club, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The Lemon Pipers are playing during a two-week engagement at The Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, with Jake Holmes.
Al Martino is playing during a three-week stint at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Barbara McNair is playing during two weeks at The Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
The Rolling Stones continue rehearsals at R.G.Jones Studio, Morden, Surrey, England, UK, Europe.
The Velvet Underground play the first of three nights at The Stone House Restaurant, Watertown, New York State, USA.
Canned Heat attend a meeting of their fans at The Disc Records Severance Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play at The Bluesville 68 Club, Manor House, London, England, UK, Europe.
Dutch-financed offshore ship-based pirate Radio Atlantis South begins making test transmisions from a location off The Netherlands. The station will not officially go on the air until 1973.
The Move and The Moody Blues play at Headington Technical College, Exford, England, UK, Europe.Manfred Mann, P.J.Proby, Geno Washington, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Love Affair and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band play in The Mad Hatter's Ball at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe. Deejay for the event is future nightclub mogul Peter Stringfellow.
The Nice release their debut album, The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack, in the UK, Europe.
Big Brother And The Holding Company, The MC5 and Tiffany Shade play the first of two nights at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Johnny Cash marries June Carter in Franklin, Kentucky, USA, with Merle Kilgore as their best man.
Spooky Tooth and Tintagel play at The Middle Earth Club, London, England, UK, Europe. Deejay for the evening is Jeff Dexter.
Ten Years After perform at the International Students House, City of Westminster College, London, England, UK, Europe. 
The Who, Blue Cheer and Sagittarius play at The Agrodome, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The Clingers (aka The Clinger Sisters) appear on the Operation Entertainment tv show in the USA.
The first public performance of an Andrew Lloyd Webber – Tim Rice musical takes place when Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is staged as a "pop cantata", by pupils of Colet Court preparatory school in Hammersmith, London, England, UK, Europe.
Johnny Cash releases the live album, At Folsom Prison, in the USA on Columbia Records. Columbia at this time, however, is focusing on pop and psychedelic rock releases rather than country music, so very little promotional effort is put into the album.
Diahann Carroll is playing during an engagement at The Hilton Plaza, Miami, Florida, USA.
The Alan Bown, The Lemon Tree and Rupert's People appear on the BBC TV show All Systems Freeman in the UK, Europe.
Elton John's first solo single, I've Been Loving You, is released by Philips Records in the UK, Europe.
Having been signed the previous day, The Byrds' new recording contract with Columbia Records in Los Angeles, California, USA, comes into effect. The group, at this point, is effectively just Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman.
Eric Burdon And The Animals plus Eire Apparent play the third of five nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On their second US tour, 
The Grateful Dead play the first of two nights at 1300 Boulevard Way, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
The Monkees are in RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, working on the songs D.W. Washburn, Rosemarie and Daddy's Song.
Unimpressed by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Ringo Starr of The Beatles and his wife Maureen leave the Academy of Transcendental Meditation's compound in Rishikesh, India, Asia, and begin the journey home to the UK.
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