As many as 1,000 teenagers who are protesting a recent 10 PM curfew, clash with police on Los Angeles' Sunset Strip. The scene inspires Stephen Stills to write, "For What It's Worth", which will peak at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1967 for Buffalo Springfield.

Thirty radio stations across the United States broadcast what it billed as a live show by Mott the Hoople. It was really nothing more than Hoople's studio tracks with dubbed-in applause.

The Moody Blues release "Nights In White Satin". Lifted from the album "Days of Future Passed", the single would rise to #19 on the UK singles chart, but could only achieve #103 in the US in early 1968. It wasn't until the song was re-issued in 1972 that it would become a #2 hit in America, and earn Gold certification

Apple Records releases the Badfinger album, "No Dice". The LP would climb as high as #28 on the Billboard 200 and contained the hit single, "No Matter What", which rose to #8 in America. The album also contains the original version of "Without You", which Harry Nilsson would take to #1 in 1972.

Paul McCartney hosts a launch party for "Wild Life", the debut album of his new band, Wings. Among the 800 guests were Elton John, Keith Moon, John Entwistle, Ronnie Lane, Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagan, Kenny Jones, Jimmy Page, Mary Hopkin, and members of Deep Purple.

Pink Floyd release their fourth album, "Ummagumma". It is a double disc set, with the first platter featuring live recordings and the second containing studio cuts. Despite favorable reviews, band members would not look back fondly at the LP in later years, even though it went to #5 in the UK and #74 in the US.

Bill Graham opened The Fillmore West in San Francisco as a west coast partner to his Fillmore East in New York. The venue was the launching pad for The Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Big Brother And The Holding Company and many other local bands. Both sites remained in operation until 1971. Graham died in a helicopter crash in October, 1991 at the age of 60.

The Beach Boys had the number one record in the US when "Kokomo", from the movie Cocktail, reached the top. It made #25 in the UK. It had been twenty-two years since the group had their last American chart topper with "Good Vibrations". Their only other Top Ten hit in that time had been "Rock and Roll Music" in 1976

The Beatles appear at the Royal Command Performances at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. In attendance are the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden. It was here that John Lennon made his now famous announcement: "For our last number, I'd like to ask for your help. The people in the cheaper seats clap your hands, and the rest of you, if you'd just rattle your jewelry, we'd like to sing a song called Twist and Shout." John would later say "I was fantastically nervous, but I wanted to rebel a bit and that was the best I could do."

Elvis Presley goes on maneuvers for the first time with the US Army's 32nd Tank Regiment near the German / Czech border

Bad Company's first Billboard chart entry, "Can't Get Enough" tops out at #5. The British quartet would go on to place eight more songs in the US Top 40, but only one, "Feel Like Makin' Love", would crack the Top 10

Buddy Holly And The Crickets started a three week run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "That'll Be The Day".

Roger Waters, who had earlier left Pink Floyd, instigated a court injunction which disallowed remaining members David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright from using the band's name. The ruling was over-turned in early 1987.

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The MC5 record live tracks for their upcoming album at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit. The lyrics of the stage version of the single "Kick Out The Jams" are changed from "kick out the jams brothers and sisters" to "kick out the jams motherfuckers!", causing quite a stir among both teens and parents.

Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers Band was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle on a Macon, Georgia street while trying to swerve to avoid a tractor-trailer. He was three weeks shy of his 25th birthday.

Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' "Be True To Your School". The song features the tune to the University of Wisconsin's fight song, "On, Wisconsin!", although it was meant to be a tribute to Hawthorne High School, which the Wilson brothers attended. The single, along with its B-side, "Little Deuce Coupe", were the last two songs to include original member David Marks in the 1960s.

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