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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.
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 musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 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 comedy The Happy Time is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.
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.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
Shirley Bassey is playing during an engagement at The Sahara, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Paul Anka is playing during a two-week season at Mr. D's, San Francisco, California, USA.
Eric Burdon And The Animals play the last of five nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by A.B. Skhy.
Status Quo complete a three day visit to Holland with a gig for the tv show Beat Club at Het Beetshuis, Hengelo, Netherlands, Europe. In the evening they play a live show in the town of Hazerswoude.
Stuart Murdoch, acoustic guitarist and vocalist with Scottish band Belle And Sebastian, is born in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Quicksilver Messenger Service play the last of three nights at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Spooky Tooth.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at The Carousel Theatre, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Eire Apparent.
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John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play at Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Motown Records of Detroit, Michigan, USA, inks a seven-year contract with The Jackson 5.
The Litter play the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Bangor Flying Circus.
Rafet El Roman, who will become one of Turkey's biggest pop stars, is born in Edirne, Turkey.
Roy Orbison plays the twenty-first night of a four-week residency at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Spirit play the last of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
Johnny Hedlund, vocalist of Swedish death metal band The Unleashed, is born in Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
The MC5 perform live for eight hours non-stop during a protest demonstration, sometimes described as a riot, at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Folk singer Phil Ochs also performs and Neil Young shows up but the chaos at the convention prevents him from performing. Ed Sanders of The Fugs and Country Joe McDonald of Country Joe And The Fish are also present, but do not perform.
Tom Jones plays at The ABC, Blackpool, UK, Europe.
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.