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The Miss New York Jr. Extravaganza Company plays at The Dewey Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
The musical comedy The Sultan Of Sulu is presented at Wallack's Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 192 performances.Jazz, soul and folk singer, songwriter and guitarist Terry Callier is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Allison Durbin is born in Auckland, New Zealand. She will find fame as a country music vocalist in Australia, earning the title of The Australian Queen Of Country Music.
Judy Garland plays the fourth of seven nights at The Empire Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland.
Laura Campbell is born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She will find some success as singer and actress Little Nell.
Dave 'Baby' Cortez, Bo Diddley, The Heartbeats, The Fiestas, The Cadillacs and Bobby Day play the third night in a week of shows at The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA. (1959)ong>
Connie Francis plays at Blinstrub's, Boston, Massachusetts, for the second of seven nights.
Sam Cooke, supported by The Flamingos and The Crests, plays the fifth of seven nights at The Tivoli Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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.Ben E.
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Crystals play the last of seven nights at the Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Helen Shapiro plays the eleventh night of two weeks at The Palladium Theatre, London, UK.
Bobby Vee releases a new single, Be True To Yourself, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, in the USA.
Skeeter Davis performs The End Of The World on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Saxophonist Willis Jackson has a recrding session for Prestige Records at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, new Jersey, USA.
The Who record a version of Anyway Anyhow Anywhere for BBC Radio at the Aeolian Hall, Studio 2, London, England, UK. Later they play at The Majestic, Reading.
The Herbie Mann Octet plays at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. The gig is recorded and tracks will be released on the Atlantic Records LP Herbie Mann - Monday Night At The Village Gate.
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 Grateful Dead confirm, by means of a Western Union telegram, their agreement to appear at the upcoming Monterey International Pop Festival.
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The musical variety revue New Faces Of 1968 is presented during a run of 52 performances at The Booth Theatre, New York City, USA, featuring performers including Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Suzanne Astor and Gloria Bleezarde.
The Dells are playing during a week of shows at The Howard Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Tim Buckley and Mary McCaslin play the fourth of thirteen nights at Doug Weston's Troubadour, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
A new rock venue, The Electric Garden, opens in Covent Garden, London, England, UK, Europe. It closes the same night after its owner, Brian Waldman, tries to stop a performance by 
John Lennon and Yoko Ono start a new company, Bag Productions, to make films and publish books. On the same day, John and Yoko fly to The Bahamas, where they are planning another Bed-In.
Stevie
Wonder attends and sings at the funeral of Clifford Glover, a ten-year-old black boy who had been shot in the back by a New York City Police officer, Detective Thomas Shea, who claimed he believed that the child was a hold-up suspect and he pulled a gun on him.
On their Black Rose tour, Thin Lizzy play at Colston Hall, Bristol, England, UK, Europe.
Andrew Gold and Andrae Crouch are the musical guests on tv show Saturday Night Live in the USA.
Travis release their second album, 
The Terry Peters Big Band plays at The Festival Hall, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe.
Rapper T.I., real name Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., says goodbye to fans with a farewell show at Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, before beginning a 366-day prison sentence on weapons charges.
Crossover jazz pianist and singer Jamie Cullum releases a new single, Wheels, in the UK.
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Trey Anastasio of Phish, and his father Ernie, attend a hockey game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, at which Anastasio's favorite hockey team, the Philadelphia Flyers, win the Prince of Wales Trophy in the National Hockey League's Eastern Conference championship.On the seventh leg of their 360 Degree Tour, U2 play at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, supported by The Fray.
On their Opposites tour, 
One Direction begin the day with a show at Radio 1's Big Weekend, Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, then fly to Ireland to play a second show at Croke Park, Dublin.
The Rolling Stones begin their Zip Code tour with a show at Petco Park, San Diego, California, USA.
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