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FebruaryThe Beatles experience their first LSD trip as a result of their drinks being spiked at a party by their dentist!! 11th FebruaryNew President Lyndon Johnson orders the first sustained bombing campaign against the Vietnamese forces. 21st FebruaryMalcom X shot in New York. March8th MarchCombat troops enter Vietnam. 21st MarchCivil rights march in Alabama, led by Martin Luther King. June11th June Poets Of The World/Poets Of Our Time reading at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England. 21st June The Charlatans play at the Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City, truly a massive milestone in the entire West Coast music scene!!. July10th JulySatisfaction by The Rolling Stones is No.1 in the U.S charts. 25th JulyBob Dylan is booed by traditional folk fans when he plays at the Newport Folk Festival using amplified guitars. 29th JulyHelp! by The Beatles premiers in London. August11th AugustRace riots erupt in L.A’s Watts district, 200 million dollars worth of damage is caused and during the following week 34 people are killed as a result of the rioting. 13th AugustMarty Balin opens the Matrix in San Francisco, the Jefferson Airplane play their first gig here. September The World Psychedelic Center is opened in Pont Street, London by one Michael Hollingshead, spreading the gospel of Psychedelia by selling copies of The Psychedelic Experience and The Psychedelic Reader, fresh from Tomothy Leary’s Millbrook Center in New York.
21st to 26th SeptemberLightning Hopkins and Jefferson Airplane play at The Matrix Club, San Francisco. October14th October14,000 protestors arrive outside the Oakland army camp to stage an Anti-War demonstration. 15th OctoberThe Great Society play at the Coffee Gallery, San Francisco. 16th OctoberA fledgling collective called The Family Dog present A Tribute to Dr. Strange at the Longshoremen's Hall, San Francisco, featuring Jefferson Airplane, The Charlatans, The Marbles and The Great Society. The event was billed as a 'Rock n Roll Dance and Concert'. 24th OctoberA Tribute to Sparkle Plenty, the second Family Dog event is held at the Longshoremens Hall. The Loving Spoonful and The Charlatans entertain. November6th NovemberThe Family Dog's third event 'A Tribute to Ming the Merciless is held at the Lonshoremen's Hall. On the bill were The Mothers and The Charlatans. 6th NovemberThe San Francisco Mime Troupe holds an appeal party for one of its members. Amongst the various people appearing were The Family Dog, The Fugs, Laurence Ferlingetti and The Jefferson Airplane. 27th November
27th NovemberThe first Acid Test is held in Santa Cruz by Ken Kesey. December
3rd DecemberThe Beatles release Rubber Soul. 4th DecemberThe second Acid Test is held in San Jose after invites called ‘Can You Pass The Acid Test?’ are handed out at a Rolling Stones gig. An estimated 400 people arrive at the Acid Test in a house in San Jose, the Grateful Dead perform. 10th DecemberSan Francisco Mime Troupe Dance at the Fillmore Auditorium featuring The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, The Mystery Trend and Sam Thomas and The Gentlemen’s Band. |