Jan 6The Supremes release single "I'm Livin' In Shame"

Feb 6Jerry Herman's musical "Dear World", starringAngela Lansbury, opens at the Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC; runs for 132 performances, and a Tony Award for Lansbury

Feb 7 "This IsTom Jones" debuts on ABC TV

Feb 16 "Andrei Rublev", Russian film directed byAndrei Tarkovsky, starring Anatoly Solonitsyn and Ivan Lapikov, premieres in Moscow after a limited release in 1966

Feb 24 26th Golden Globes: "The Lion in Winter",Peter O'Toole, &Joanne Woodward win

Feb 24 The film "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," based on the novel byMuriel Spark, directed by Ronald Neame and starringMaggie Smith (Academy Award Best Actress), premieres in London

Mar 25 American singerJudy Garland’s gives what becomes her very last concert, at Falkoner Centret in Copenhagen, Denmark

Mar 31George Harrison andPattie Boyd are fined £250 each for possession of illegal drugs

Apr 14 41st Academy Awards: "Oliver",Cliff Robertson &Katharine Hepburn andBarbra Streisand win (1st ever tie for best actress)

Apr 20Al Pacino wins a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for "Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?"

Apr 26 Musical "George M!", based on the life and songs of George M. Cohen, starringJoel Grey andBernadette Peters, closes at Palace Theater, NYC, after 435 performances, and a Tony Award for choreography

May 1 Children's educational television hostFred Rogers testifies before US Senate Subcommittee on Communications to secure funding for creation of PBS

May 11 British comedy troupeMonty Python forms, made up of Graham Chapman,John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, andMichael Palin

May 16Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute

May 23 BBC orders 13 episodes ofMonty Python's Flying Circus

May 25 "Midnight Cowboy" directed by John Schlesinger and starringJon Voight andDustin Hoffman is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1970)

May 27Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV

Jun 7 "Johnny Cash Show" debuts on ABC-TV

Jun 8 21st Emmy Awards: "Get Smart",Don Adams and Susan St James win

Jun 14John Lennon andYoko Ono appear onDavid Frost's British TV Show

Jun 18 "The Wild Bunch", directed by Sam Peckinpah and starringWilliam Holden andErnest Borgnine, is released

Jul 6 "Ned Kelly" starringMick Jagger begins filming in and around Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia

Jul 14 "Easy Rider", directed byDennis Hopper, starring himself, Peter Fonda andJack Nicholson, is released

Aug 19 Film adaptation ofArlo Guthrie's song "Alice's Restaurant", directed by Arthur Penn, and starring Guthrie premieres

Sep 13 "Scooby-Doo Where are You" byHanna-Barbera debuts on CBS in the US

Sep 23 "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" directed by George Roy Hill and starringPaul Newman andRobert Redford premieres at the Roger Sherman Theater in New Haven, Connecticut

Sep 26 TV sitcom "TheBrady Bunch" created by Sherwood Schwartz premieres on ABC in the US

Nov 9 "An Evening withJulie Andrews andHarry Belafonte ", music special with arrangements by Michel Legrand, premieres on NBC-TV

Nov 10 "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV

Nov 13 Vice PresidentSpiro Agnew accuses network TV news departments of bias and distortion

Nov 30 American singer-songwriterNeil Diamond makes his only appearance on "TheEd Sullivan Show", singing "Sweet Caroline" and "Holly, Holy"

Dec 5 Apple Records releases the single "Come and Get It" by the band Badfinger; track was written and produced byPaul McCartney for the dark comedy film "The Magic Christian" starringPeter Sellers andRingo Starr

Dec 12 Comedy film "The Magic Christian", starringPeter Sellers andRingo Starr premieres in London, England

Dec 14 Jackson Five make their 1st appearance on "TheEd Sullivan Show"

Dec 18 André Previn andAlan Jay Lerner's musical "Coco", inspired by the life ofCoco Chanel, and starringKatharine Hepburn, opens at Mark Hellinger Theatre, NYC; runs for 329 performances, wins 2 Tony Awards

Dec 28Neil Simon's play "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" premieres in NYC