1960's

By GavinBottorff

  • Newport Jazz Festival

    Newport Jazz Festival
    In 1960, local papers on July 1 noted a string of violent, but minor, incidents in town on the opening Friday

  • nixon-kennedy debates (1st on television)

    nixon-kennedy debates (1st on television)
    Held at WBBM-TV, Chicago. Howard K. Smith moderated the debate between Nixon and Kennedy.

  • The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
    Kennedy was shot twice (once in the neck and once in the head) by Lee Harvey Oswald.

  • The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show

    The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
    The first time the Beatles appear on American television.

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
    Gave President Lyndon Johnson authority to increase U.S. involvement in the war between North and South Vietnam.

  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder
    An aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States 2nd Air Division, U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force against North Vietnam

  • March on the Pentagon

    March on the Pentagon
    Demonstration against the Vietnam War. The protest involved more than 100,000 attendees at a rally by the Lincoln Memorial

  • Mai Lai Massacre

    Mai Lai Massacre
    Mass murder of unarmed civilians in Sơn Tịnh district

  • Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

    Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
    More than 48 hours of rioting left 11 Chicago citizens dead, 48 wounded by police gunfire, 90 policemen injured, and 2,150 people arrested.

  • Woodstock

    Woodstock
    The festival was remarkably peaceful given the number of people and the conditions involved, although there were three recorded fatalities: two drug overdoses and another caused when a tractor ran over a 17-year-old sleeping in a nearby hayfield.

  • Chicago 8 Trial

    Chicago 8 Trial
    a cultural moment in the 1960s, when generational ideals were clashing in the public eye.

  • Kent State Protest

    Kent State Protest
    Protest that led to the killing of four and wounding of nine unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard.

  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade
    A decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States generally protected a right to have an abortion.

  • The Beatles Break Up

    The Beatles Break Up
    The Beatles broke up due to money problems, Brian Epstein's death, John's relationship with Yoko, and many other reasons.