insert_link Music This Day in Music History – June 16th 1967 - The Monterey Pop Festival began at the Monterey Fairgrounds in Northern California. The festival lasted three days. 1970 - Woodstock Ventures, the sponsors of the original Woodstock, announced that they lost more than $1.2 million on the festival. 1972 - The New York Jazz Museum opened. 1972 - The Who's "Join Together" was released in the U.K. 1972 - David Bowie's "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust […] todayJune 16, 2021