1960s

By LillianJJones
  • Newport Jazz Festival

    Newport Jazz Festival

    Jaz festival held in newport since 1954
  • Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)

    Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)

    first televised presidential debate.
  • The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    35th president of the United States. asassinated in texas in a convertible.
  • The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show

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

    people sday it was a cultural earthquake
  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    joint resolution the U.S passed
  • March on the Pentagon

    March on the Pentagon

    demonstration against the vietnam war
  • Mai Lai Massacre

    Mai Lai Massacre

    war crime Sơn Mỹ village, Quảng Ngãi province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War
  • Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

    Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

    10,00 pretesters
  • Woodstock

    Woodstock

    one of the largest music festivals in history. and lasted from august 15th to the 18th
  • The Beatles Break Up

    The Beatles Break Up

    th beatles group that started in the 60s broke up in the 70s
  • Kent State Protest

    Kent State Protest

    killing of 4 and wounding of 9 at ken state university
  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade

    Law that protected right to have an abortion
  • Chicago 8 Trial

    Chicago 8 Trial

    riot breaks out during the Democratic National Convention of 1968