Emergence of the London Underground scene: UFO Club, International Times, Oz Magazine. Peel is supportive, attending UFO during his shore leave from Radio London and promoting the underground press on the Perfumed Garden - but soon becomes critical of its commercialisation in events such as The Festival of the Flower Children, which takes place at Woburn Abbey on 25-27 August.
June 16-18: Monterey International Pop Festival - first of the big open-air festivals of the hippy era. US debut of Jimi Hendrix Experience and showcase for the West Coast scene; enthusiastically received in UK music press (centre-page feature in Melody Maker)
June 29: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards jailed on drugs charges. Peel devotes entire Perfumed Garden to Stones music in sympathy; Times editorial of 1 July challenges verdict ("Who Breaks a Butterfly on a Wheel?"). They are freed on appeal at end of July.
August 14: Radio London and other offshore pirate stations close down.
August 27: Beatles manager Brian Epstein found dead in his London flat.
September 30: BBC Radio One begins broadcasting.
November 19: Prime Minister Harold Wilson announces devaluation of the pound.
December 26: BBC screens the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour film (in black and white). It is rubbished by the TV critics, but Peel defends it on the New Year's Eve Top Gear.