1960's

By Victoria Mcneely
  • Newport Jazz Festival

    Newport Jazz Festival

  • Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)

    Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)

    The Nixon-Kennedy Debates were the first presidential debate ever broadcast on television. The candidates for the election are The young and attractive John F. Kennedy and the older Richard Nixon.
  • The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

  • 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 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder was a part of the Vietnam War. The operation was to basically bomb North Vietnam.
  • Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

    Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

  • March on the Pentagon

    March on the Pentagon

    The March on the Pentagon was an anti-Vietnam war protest
  • Mai Lai Massacre

    Mai Lai Massacre

    The My Lai Massacre had to be one of the many black eyes of the sixties. During the war troops headed for the village they called "Pinkville" in hopes of finding North Vietnamese soldiers but instead, they found and killed hundreds of innocent villagers.
  • Woodstock

    Woodstock

    Woodstock was a music festival that took place in 1969. An estimated 400,000 people attended Woodstock in 1969.
  • Chicago 8 Trial

    Chicago 8 Trial

  • The Beatles Break Up

    The Beatles Break Up

    After years popular band The Beatles break up in 1970
  • Kent State Protest

    Kent State Protest

  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade