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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.
Blues-rocker Mark Leeman of the Mark Leeman Five dies, aged 24, dies in a car smash, returning from Blackpool, England, UK, to London after a concert.
The Charlatans continue their two month long residency at The Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City, Nevada, USA.
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Frank Sinatra and Yul Brynner attend the opening of the Frank Sinatra Cultural Home in Nazareth, Israel, Asia. 
Joe Brown And His Bruvvers are playing at Britannia Pier, Great Yarmouth, England, UK.
Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen play at The Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England, UK, supported by Susan Maughan.
The Rolling Stones record an interview with pirate radio station SYD in Denmark, Europe.
The Kingston Trio and Roger Miller play the last of seven nights at The Carter Barron Amphitheater, Rock Creek Park, Washington DC, USA.
A new tv rock show, Where The Action Is, hosted by Dick Clark, has its first broadcast in the USA. Paul Revere And The Raiders are the regular band every week, and guests on this first episode include Jan And Dean performing Surf City. The theme song, Action, is performed by Freddy Cannon.
Pink Floyd play two shows in one day. First is an afternoon appearance at Melody Maker National Beat Contest in The Palais, Wimbledon, England, London, UK. Then, in the evening, they play at Haverstock Hill Country Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles play two shows on the first of two days at The Teatro Adriano, Rome, Italy, Europe. Playwright Noel Coward attends the second show. Their manager, Brian Epstein, disappears without warning from the touring party, and does not reappear until the tour reaches Madrid, Spain, five days later.
Johnny Cash and his nephew Damon Fielder set off on a fishing trip to Lake Casitas in Los Padres National Forest, California, USA, in Cash's truck which is nicknamed Jesse James. Guzzling amphetamines and swilling whiskey, Cash finds that an overheated wheel bearing on his parked truck has started a grass fire, which eventually scorches over 500 acres, destroys foliage on three mountains and roasts 49 of the area's 53 endangered California condors. When held legally responsible by investigators, Cash stated, "I don't care about your damn yellow buzzards." When a judge later questioned Cash, he was defiant, declaring, "I didn't do it, my truck did and it's dead, so you can't question it." The federal government sues him and is awarded $125,172, but Cash eventually settles the case paying only $82,001.
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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.