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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.
Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass are playing during seven nights at The Arie Crown Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Velvet Underground And Nico play the last of thirteen nights at Steve Paul's Scene, New York City, USA.
Twenty thousand hippies turn out for The Human Be-In, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, USA, with music from Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother And the Holding Company and Quicksilver Messenger Service. Similar events are held on the same day in Los Angeles and New York City, and the Human Be-In is widely regarded as the starting point of the Summer Of Love. Numerous songs will be inspired by the ideas and philosophy of The Summer Of Love, including San Francisco by Scott McKenzie, Get Together by The Youngbloods and All You Need Is Love by The Beatles.
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The Grateful Dead, Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band, and The Doors play the second of three nights at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
Moby Grape and The Sparrow (later to become Steppenwolf) play the second of two nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are The Charlatans.
Bob Dylan's first compilation album, Greatest Hits, enters the UK albums chart, where it will peak at No6 and eventually rack up 82 weeks on the chart.
The Grateful Dead, Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band, and The Doors play the second of three nights at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
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.
Engelbert Humperdinck is appearing in a season as Robinson Crusoe in pantomime at The Palladium Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.