04 May 1968

Saturday 04 May

1968-05-04

Events

 * The first European International Pop Festival begins in Rome, Italy.
 * On the third day, The Move set fire to the stage with their pyrotechnics and were arrested by the police. The festival had been scheduled to last a week, but after that performance the Palazzetto dello Sport was shut down by the authorities and the festival was over.

TV
ITV: scans GraemeWood
 * BBC One
 * 5.15 pm Doctor Who. Dr. Who: The Wheel in Space: Part 2. Jamie and the Doctor are taken on board The Wheel in space. Jamie finds the crew preparing to destroy the abandoned rocket with the Tardis still on board.