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Newport Jazz Festival
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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
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The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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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
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March on the Pentagon
The March on the Pentagon was an anti-Vietnam war protest -
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 was a music festival that took place in 1969. An estimated 400,000 people attended Woodstock in 1969. -
Chicago 8 Trial
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The Beatles Break Up
After years popular band The Beatles break up in 1970 -
Kent State Protest
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Roe vs. Wade
