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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.
After spending a night in jail, Jimi Hendrix goes on trial in Canada, for his 1968 drug possession charges, before Judge Joseph Kelly in Court Room No. 15, Court House, University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
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Nancy Nevins, vocalist of Sweetwater [the first band to take the stage at Woodstock] is seriously injured when a drunk driver smasher into her car on Ventura Freeway, Los Angeles, California, USA. Nevins suffers brain damage and goes into a coma, effectively ending her career.
Herbie Hancock is in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, recording material for Warner Brothers Records.
The GTOs, a
musical group comprised of groupies, release the album Permanent
Damage, on Frank Zappa's label
Straight
Records in the USA.
Jethro Tull play the first of two nights at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Free record a live session for BBC Radio One show Top Gear at the Playhouse Theatre, London, UK.
Ringo Starr of The Beatles records a vocal overdub to the song Octopus's
Garden, in EMI's Abbey
Road Studios, London, UK. The song is written by Richard
Starkey, aka Ringo Starr.
After spending a night in jail, Jimi Hendrix goes on trial in Canada, for his 1968 drug possession charges, before Judge Joseph Kelly in Court Room No. 15, Court House, University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
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At the end of a tour of the USA, Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones arrives home in London, UK, to find that his Italian-born girlfriend Anita Pallenberg has been issued with a Home Office ultimatum to leave the country. Her only option, if she wishes to stay, is to marry a UK citizen.