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| Apple Corps Ltd Lennon, John Winston |  |
| 1st May London Apple Corps, Ltd. begins operating in London. It is the Beatles ' attempt to take control of their own creative and economic destiny |
| Apple Corps Ltd McCartney, Paul | |
| 1st May London Apple Corps, Ltd. begins operating in London. It is the Beatles ' attempt to take control of their own creative and economic destiny |
| 27th Aug Beatles' 'Hey Jude' and Mary Hopkin's 'Those Were the Days' released, launching Apple Records |
| Apple Records Hopkins, Mary | |
| 27th Aug Beatles' 'Hey Jude' and Mary Hopkin's 'Those Were the Days' released, launching Apple Records |
| Arrest Jones, Lewis Brian Hopkin | |
| 21st May Jones is arrested a second time, for marijuana possession |
21st May The Stones wanted to tour the USA  in 1969 for the first time in three years, but Jones ' second arrest exacerbates problems with USA immigration, Jones is unable to acquire a work visa |
| Beatles, The Harrison, George | |
| The Beatles release George Harris on's "Something" as a single |
| 15th Mar "The Lady Madonna" is released as a single with "The Inner Light" as the "B" side, the 1st Harris on composition to be released on a Beatles ' single |
| Beatles, The Lennon, John Winston | |
| May John Lennon and Yoko Ono exhibit their first official joint venture at the Arts Lab in London. Soon after, they plant acorns outside Coventry Cathedral as a conceptual "living arts sculpture" |
| 1st May London Apple Corps, Ltd. begins operating in London. It is the Beatles ' attempt to take control of their own creative and economic destiny |
| July John Lennon moves out of his house in Weybridge, he and Yoko Ono move into Ringo Starr's apartment in Montague Square |
| Beatles, The McCartney, Paul | |
| 1st May London Apple Corps, Ltd. begins operating in London. It is the Beatles ' attempt to take control of their own creative and economic destiny |
| Black Sabbath Butler, Geezer | |
| Geezer Butler picks the name of the band after seeing it on a movie theatre marquee, thinking it sounded doomy & gloomy |
| Black Sabbath Osbourne, John Michael "Ozzy" | |
| Birmingham Founder Member of Black Sabbath |
| Composition Bolan, Marc | |
| Releases, "Debora/Child Star" |
| Releases, "One Inch Rock/Salamada Palaganda" |
| Composition Britten, Benjamin | |
| Orford 1st performance of, "The Prodigal Son" |
| Composition Davies, Raymond Douglas | |
| Davies' songs on the "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society" embrace nostalgia and preservation |
| Composition Harrison, George | |
| 30th Jan George Harris on completes the recording work on the "Wonderwall" album |
| 6th Oct The Beatles release George Harris on's "Something" as a single in the USA , Harris ons only composition on a Beatle's "A" side |
| 31st Oct The Beatles release George Harris on's "Something" as a single in Britain , Harris ons only composition on a Beatle's "A" side |
| Composition Lennon, John Winston | |
| Lennon releases "Unfinished Music No 2 - Life With The Lions", one side consists of John Lennon and Yoko Ono calling out to each other during her stay in a London hospital while pregnant |
| Lennon's solo career begins with Unfinished Music No 1 - Two Virgins, the sleeve depicts him and Ono standing naked |
| Concert of Bolan Bolan, Marc | |
| Appears at the first free Hyde Park festival |
| Cotchford Farm Jones, Lewis Brian Hopkin | |
| Nov Cotchford Farm Jones purchases Cotchford Farm in East Sussex, formerly owned by Winnie-the-Pooh author A. A. Milne |
| Cream Clapton, Eric Patrick | |
| "Sunshine Of Your Love" reaches No 5 in the USA |
| "White Room" reaches No 6 in the USA |
| 19th Oct Los Angeles Cream's farewell album, Goodbye, features live performances recorded live at The Forum, Los Angeles, October 19, 1968, and it is released shortly after Cream disbanded in 1968 |
| Crisis Wilson, James Harold | |
| 6th Dec London Rumours of coalitionGovernment & abdication of the Queen cause stock market panic |
| Crossing Arctic Herbert, Wally | |
| North Pole Reaches the North Pole |
| Spitzbergen 1st crossing of the Arctic |
| 21st Feb Point Barrow Launches his Trans -Arctic Expedition from Alaska |
| Deep Purple Blackmore, Ritchie | |
| Founder Member of Deep Purple |
| Deep Purple Evans, Rod | |
| Founder Member of Deep Purple |
| Deep Purple Lord, Jon | |
| Founder Member of Deep Purple |
| Deep Purple Paice, Ian | |
| Founder Member of Deep Purple |
| Deep Purple Simper, Nick | |
| Founder Member of Deep Purple |
| Demonstrations Wilson, James Harold | |
| 27th Oct London Anti-Vietnam War demonstrations are held in London |
| Devolution Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| London Supports a moderate form of devolution from Westminster |
| Dismissal Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| Dismisses Enoch Powell from the shadow cabinet after his "rivers of blood" speech |
| Earth Osbourne, John Michael "Ozzy" | |
| Birmingham Founder Member of Earth |
| Economy Wilson, James Harold | |
| 5th Sep The TUC rejects Statutory Incomes Policy & approves voluntary wage restraint |
| Election Major, John Roy | |
| May Lambeth Elected Member of the Lambeth Council, Ferndale ward |
| European Cup Best, George | |
| Best becomes a European Cup winner after scoring in the final against Benfica, United won 4-1 and Best is later crowned European Footballer of the Year and Football Writers' Association Player of the Year |
| European Cup Charlton, Bobby | |
Captains the Manchester United team that wins the European Cup, scoring two goals in the final to help his team be the first English  side to win the competition |
| European Footballer of the Year Best, George | |
| Best becomes a European Cup winner after scoring in the final against Benfica, United won 4-1 and Best is later crowned European Footballer of the Year and Football Writers' Association Player of the Year |
| Falkirk Football Club Ferguson, Alexander Chapman | |
| Falkirk Nottingham Forest want to sign Ferguson, but his wife is not keen on moving to England at that time so he went to Falkirk instead |
| Film Harrison, George | |
| 17th May Cannes The world premiere of Harris on's film, "Wonderwall" |
| Film Jagger, Mick | |
| Dec The Rolling Stones "Rock and Roll Circus", part concert, part circus-act film organized by the band, It goes unreleased for 25 years because Mick Jagger is unhappy with the band's performance compared to other bands in the film, such as Jethro Tul |
| Film Lennon, John Winston | |
| 17th July London Beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London |
| Film McCartney, Paul | |
| 17th July London Beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London |
| Film Sellars, Peter | |
| Stars in "The Party" |
| Football Writers' Association Player of the Year Best, George | |
| Best becomes a European Cup winner after scoring in the final against Benfica, United won 4-1 and Best is later crowned European Footballer of the Year and Football Writers' Association Player of the Year |
| Free Fraser, Andy | |
| London Founder Member of Free |
| Free Kirke, Simon | |
| London Founder Member of Free |
| Free Kossof, Paul | |
| London Founder Member of Free |
| Free Rodgers, Paul | |
| London Founder Member of Free |
| Health Barrett, Roger Keith "Syd" | |
| Barrett suffers from mental instability, exacerbated by his use of LSD & his behavior becomes increasingly erratic & he lleaves the group |
| Hyde Park Free Festival Waters, Roger | |
| 29th June Pink Floyd play the first Hyde Park Free Festival |
| Independence Wilson, James Harold | |
| Falklands, The The Falkland Islands Committee in Parliament stressing "wishes of the Islanders" |
| 9th Oct Gibraltar Holds talks with Ian Smith about Rhodes ia on board HMS Fearless at Gibraltar |
| 17th Nov Salisbury The Anglo -Rhodesian talks in Salisbury end in deadlock |
| Invasion of Falklands Wilson, James Harold | |
| Falklands, The Agrees a "Memorandum of Understanding" to transfer sovereignty |
| Invention Hovercraft Cockerell, Christopher | |
| A regular Hovercraft service between Dover & Calais is launched |
| Jeff Beck Group, The Beck, Jeff | |
| The group produces two albums, Truth in 1968 and Beck-Ola the following year, these two albums are highly acclaimed, and are considered by some to be among the precursors to heavy metal |
| Jethro Tull Abrahams, Mick | |
| Founder Member of Jethro Tull |
| Jethro Tull Anderson, Ian | |
| Founder Member of Jethro Tull |
| Jethro Tull Bunker, Clive | |
| Founder Member of Jethro Tull |
| Jethro Tull Cornick, Glen | |
| Founder Member of Jethro Tull |
| Junior Minister Owen, David | |
| Appointed Junior Minister |
| League Champions Carlin, Willie | |
| After signing Dave Mackay and Willie Carlin, Clough and Taylor's management led Derby to become Champions of the Football League First Division (then the highest echelon of English football) |
| League Champions Clough, Brian | |
| After signing Dave Mackay and Willie Carlin, Clough and Taylor's management led Derby to become Champions of the Football League First Division (then the highest echelon of English football) |
| League Champions Mackay, Dave | |
| After signing Dave Mackay and Willie Carlin, Clough and Taylor's management led Derby to become Champions of the Football League First Division (then the highest echelon of English football) |
| League Champions Taylor, Peter | |
| After signing Dave Mackay and Willie Carlin, Clough and Taylor's management led Derby to become Champions of the Football League First Division (then the highest echelon of English football) |
| League Championship Stein, John "Jock" | |
| Glasgow Celtic win the League and League Cup for the third season in a row |
| Led Zeppelin Britain Moon, Keith | |
| The Yardbirds break up, guitarist Jimmy Page forms the New Yardbirds and changes the group's name to Led Zeppelin, allegedly on the advice of the Who's Keith Moon |
| Led Zeppelin Bonham, John Henry "Bonzo" | |
| Founder Member of Led Zeppelin |
| Led Zeppelin Grant, Peter | |
| During the Scandinavian tour the new group appears as "The New Yardbirds ", but Peter Grant, the band's eventual manager, later modified the name to "Led Zeppelin" |
| Led Zeppelin Jones, John Paul | |
| Founder Member of Led Zeppelin |
| Led Zeppelin Page, James Patrick "Jimmy" | |
| During the Scandinavian tour the new group appears as "The New Yardbirds ", but Peter Grant, the band's eventual manager, later modified the name to "Led Zeppelin" |
| Page joins Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones to form Led Zeppelin |
| Recruits vocalist Robert Plant and drummer John Bonham, and was contacted by John Paul Jones who asked to join, to which Page agreed |
| The musical potential of the Yardbirds is scuttled by personality differences caused by touring and a lack of commercial success, Keith Relf and Jim McCarty depart & the group become Led Zeppelin |
| Led Zeppelin Plant, Robert Anthony | |
| Founder Member of Led Zeppelin |
| Jimmy Page was in search of a lead singer for his new band and met Plant after being turned down by his first choice, Terry Reid, who referred him to a show at a nightclub where Plant was singing in a band |
| Manager Revie, Donald George "Don" | |
| Appointed Manager of Manager of Leads United |
| Manager Robson, "Bobby" Robert William | |
| Appointed Manager at Fulham |
| Mindbenders, The Gouldman, Graham | |
| Gouldman steps in as a temporary replacement for bassist Bob Lang in The Mindbenders , writing the band's final single, "Uncle Joe, the Ice Cream Man" |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Stewart, Michael | |
| 16th Mar Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| Minister of Housing Crossman, Richard | |
| Appointed Minister of Housing & Social Security, 2nd term |
| Minister of Power Mason, Roy | |
| Appointed Minister for Power |
| National Union of Seamen Prescott, John | |
| Appointed Official of the National Union of Seamen |
| Panic Stock Market Wilson, James Harold | |
| 6th Dec London Rumours of coalitionGovernment & abdication cause stock market panic |
| Pink Floyd Barrett, Roger Keith "Syd" | |
| 29th June Pink Floyd release the album, "Saucerful of Secrets", Barrett is only present on "Jugband Blues " and "Remember a Day" & is replaced by David Gilmour |
| Pink Floyd Barrett, Syd | |
| Jan Brighton Dave Gilmour steps in to play guitar when Syd is unable to play at Brighton |
| 2nd Mar During a meeting at their Ladbroke Road offices, Syd is asked to stop touring and contributing material |
| 6th April A statement is issued to the press announcing that Syd has left the band |
| Pink Floyd Gilmour, Dave | |
| Jan Brighton Dave Gilmour steps in to play guitar when Syd is unable to play at Brighton |
| Pink Floyd Gilmour, David | |
| Appointed Member of Pink Floyd |
| Pink Floyd Waters, Roger | |
| 29th June "A Saucerful Of Secrets" is released |
| 29th June Pink Floyd play the first Hyde Park Free Festival |
| 4th Nov "Point Me At The Sky" and "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" are recorded at Abbey Road Studios |
| Plastic Ono Band Lennon, John Winston | |
| John Lennon begins his personal and artistic relationship with Yoko Ono by collaborating on the experimental album Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins |
| Polka Tulk Blues Band Butler, Geezer | |
| Tony Iommi & Bill Ward were in a band called Mythology and Geezer Butler with Ozzy in a band called Rare Breed, these groups broke up and formThe Polka Tulk Blues Band |
| Polka Tulk Blues Band Iommi, Tony | |
| 6th April Tony Iommi & Bill Ward were in a band called Mythology and Geezer Butler with Ozzy in a band called Rare Breed, these groups broke up and formThe Polka Tulk Blues Band |
| Polka Tulk Blues Band Osbourne, John Michael "Ozzy" | |
| 6th April Tony Iommi & Bill Ward were in a band called Mythology and Geezer Butler with Ozzy in a band called Rare Breed, these groups broke up and formThe Polka Tulk Blues Band |
| Polka Tulk Blues Band Ward, Bill | |
| 6th April Tony Iommi & Bill Ward were in a band called Mythology and Geezer Butler with Ozzy in a band called Rare Breed, these groups broke up and formThe Polka Tulk Blues Band |
| Publication Ryle, Gilbert | |
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