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This was the first televised presidential debate and it was a major factor in Kennedy beating Nixon out to become president. Kennedy looked way more presentable while Nixon looked like crap. -
JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald(definitely the CIA) while driving in Texas inside of a convertible with his wife next to him. He was shot twice and was dead on the spot. -
This was the Beatles’ first ever time being live on television in America. -
This pretty much gave the president full control over what the military did over in Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign -
The 1967 March on the Pentagon was a massive demonstration against the Vietnam War that took place on October 21, 1967. -
This was an awful attack on Vietnam men, women, and children by American Soldiers. They were killed and mutilated with a lot being raped. -
A series of riots because America didn’t like their involvement in Vietnam. -
A big performance of a bunch of different musical artists in a small town in New York. It was muddy and messy with a very dangerous stage setup with the cords and wires use everywhere. -
The trial of the people who were in charge of starting the riots at the Chicago. Democratic Convention. -
John was the first to leave the Beatles when he left in 1969 and when Paul left in 1970 that really sealed the deal for the Beatles. -
Four unarmed college students were killed and nine wounded by the Ohio National Guard on the Kent State University campus. -
The U.S. made the decision to give pregnant women the right to choose what they do with the baby that they’re having. They got the option to choose if they have the baby or abort it. -
The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer.