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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.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.
When Fleetwood Mac appear on UK tv show Top Of The Pops performing Oh Well, it is noticed that guitarist Peter Green is behaving oddly.
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Fantasy-horror movie The Lost Continent is released to cinemas in Mexico, North America. Generally undistinguished, it is of interest to music fans for a substantial role played by English folk, pop and rock singer Dana Gillespie.
The 12th Berkeley Folk Festival begins at the University of California, Berkeley, California, USA. Artists appearing over the four days of the event include Doug Kershaw, The Youngbloods, Country Joe McDonald, John Fahey, Commander Cody, Charley Musselwhite, Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup and Sam Hinton.
The Velvet Underground play the first of three nights at The Vulcan Gas Company, Austin, Texas, USA.
Crosby Stills Nash and Young work on the Graham Nash song Teach Your Children at Wally Heider's Studio, San Francisco, California, USA.
King Crimson make their American live debut at Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, USA.
American children's book author Art Linkletter tells a White House conference on drugs control in Washington DC, USA, that "Every rock'n'roll station is sending out, eighteen hours a day, messages to kids that are right over the heads of our generation - every time one of the Top 40 hit records is played, it is an advertisement for trips." (Linkletter's daughter had recently committed suicide after taking LSD.)
The Kinks play at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.