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The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.
During a show at The Palace, Manchester, UK, The Rolling Stones record tracks for the EP Got Live If You Want It. Also on the bill are The Hollies and Dave Berry.
Sun Ra And His Solar Orchestra play the second of two nights at The Contemporary Center, New York City, USA.
Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald are the musical guests on tonight's edition of The Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA.
Six hundred civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, USA, are
attacked by state and local police with billy clubs and tear gas. Seventeen marchers are hospitalized and this incident will live on in infamy as Bloody Sunday. It will also provide the inspiration for the line "Take a look around, to Selma, Alabama" in the apocalyptic No1 hit single Eve Of Destruction by Barry McGuire.
The Beatles continue filming their second movie, Help!, provisionally titled Beatles 2, in New Providence, Bahamas, Caribbean. On this day they are filmed in a disused hospital.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young, play at The Fourth Dimension folk club, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Jazz pianist 
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers are recorded during a live concert at Cine-Tele Sound Studio, London, England, UK.
Del Shannon, The Shangri-Las, Wayne Fontana and Herman's Hermits play at The City Hall, Newcastle, UK.
Phil Ochs plays during a Broadside Hootenanny at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
During a three-night stay at L'Olympia, Paris, France, Europe, Thelonious Monk And His Quartet are recorded playing live. The session will be released as the LP Paris Jazz Concert.
Irish blues band Them, featuring vocalist 
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
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.