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Kennedy and Nixon are the first to have a presidential debate on television. Due to everyone favoring Kennedy, Nixon lost the debate. -
Kennedy was riding in a convertible with his wife through Houston, TX, and was assassinated. -
The Beatles appear on the show, surprising everyone attending the show. Fred Kaps take the stage, a magician, attempts to follow up the Beatles, but how does one do that? -
Authorized President Johnson to take any action to secure and protect southeast Asia from Communism. -
An aerial bombardment conducted by the USA 2nd Air Division against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
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March on the Pentagon was a protest against the Vietnam war, which had over 100,000 protesters at the Lincoln memorial. Paratroopers were called to disband the protesters. -
Mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. Troops. -
This trial was against 8 men that were arrested during the riots. As expected, the only black was horribly treated in the court. -
The assassination of MLK provoked the riots and looting. Hundreds of people were killed, and some were injured. This was a major setback for any improvement for equality for the races.
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Jazz festivals became more prevalent as African-Americans started becoming more accepted, and Whites embraced it to feel more relaxed and tune out the problems of the world.
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Woodstock was a music festival in Bethel, New York. Music festivals started arising due to the unrest of protest for the Vietnam war, so people used music to escape the problems of the day. Much like people do today.
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The Beatles broke up due to "Business Affairs". -
Protesters were at Kent State University. Paratroopers opened fire and killed 4 students, wounding 9 more. The protesters were protesting the bombings on Cambodia. -
A government case to allow women to have abortions without Governmental restrictions.