1960's timeline

By GavinN
  • Newport Jazz Festival

    Newport Jazz Festival

    1st Newport jazz festival took place.
  • Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)

    Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)

    The presidential debate between Nixon and kennedy
  • The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    JFK was assassinated in what would forever become an infamous moment in history.
  • 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 Beatles took the stage for their first televised performance in America
  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The resolution was prompted by two separate attacks on two U.S. Navy destroyers, U.S.S. Maddox and U.S.S. Turner Joy
  • March on the Pentagon

    March on the Pentagon

    Anti-Vietnam war protesters rallied to Washington on Saturday in the first national demonstration against the war.
  • Mai Lai Massacre

    Mai Lai Massacre

    a war crime committed by United States Army personnel on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians
  • Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

    Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

    These were generally protests against the Vietnam war.
  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign against the vietnamese
  • Woodstock

    Woodstock

    Woodstock, the most famous of the 1960s rock festivals, held on a farm property in Bethel, New York
  • Chicago 8 Trial

    Chicago 8 Trial

    A riot broke out during the democratic national convention of 1968 and 8 men were arrested with connections to the crime.
  • Kent State Protest

    Kent State Protest

    The Kent State shootings were the killing of four and wounding of nine unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on the Kent State University campus
  • The Beatles Break Up

    The Beatles Break Up

    This is the date the Beatles break up.
  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade

    The protection of the right to have an abortion