March 3, 1967 — Peter Allen and Liza Minelli marry
It must have seemed quite the fairytale romance at the time. Peter Allen, the Boy from Oz, all of 23...
March 19, 2017
Art & Culture
June 29, 1967 — Jayne Mansfield dies in an automobile accident
Jayne Mansfield was one of the great blonde bombshells so beloved of American cinema in the Fifties and Sixties. Along...
March 9, 2017
November 9, 1967 — The first issue of Rolling Stone hits the stands
From slight beginnings, Rolling Stone magazine would go on to become one of the world’s great organs of music journalism,...
February 22, 2017
November 14, 1967 — Nina Gordon of Veruca Salt born
Nina Gordon was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1967. It was here that her friend Lili Taylor introduced her to...
February 17, 2017
December 9, 1967 — Jim Morrison dragged from the stage by the police
Jim Morrison’s first, and second most notorious, arrest.
February 12, 2017
January 23, 1968 — Prudence Farrow arrives at Rishikesh
Prudence Farrow (younger sister of Mia Farrow), came to study under the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his ashram Rishikesh for...
February 2, 2017
February 10, 1968 — Andy Warhol introduces the concept of 15 minutes of fame
Andy Warhol understood one thing about the general acceleration of life and culture in the self-reinforcing media spiral of the...
January 24, 2017
July 22, 1968 — The Doors release “Waiting For The Sun”
“Waiting for the Sun” was the third studio album released by the Doors, although ironically, the title track of this...
January 9, 2017
March 20, 1969 — John Lennon and Yoko Ono marry
One of the most controversial relationships in modern cultural history, John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s love began inauspiciously, as an...
December 29, 2016
March 25, 1969 — John and Yoko stage their first Bed-In
After getting married on March 20, 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono proceeded to have possibly the strangest honeymoon ever....
December 24, 2016
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