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Newport Jazz Festival
The 1960 Newport Jazz Festival took place from June 30 to July 3, 1960. The event was held at Freebody Park in Newport, Rhode Island. -
Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
The first presidential debate between Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy took place on Monday, September 26, 1960, at the WBBM-TV studios in Chicago, Illinois. The debate was moderated by Howard K. -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
The Beatles first appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on February 9, 1964. This performance was broadcast live from New York and was watched by an estimated 73 million viewers -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed by the U.S. Congress on August 7, 1964. It was a joint resolution enacted on August 10, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
On November 22, 1963, at approximately 12:30 p.m., local time, President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
On August 28, 1968, around 10,000 protesters gathered in Grant Park for the demonstration, intending to march to the International Amphitheatre where the convention was being held. At approximately 3:30 pm, a young man lowered the American flag that was in the park. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
On March 2, 1965, the USAF began a systematic bombing campaign against North Vietnam named ROLLING THUNDER. -
March on the Pentagon
The 1967 March on the Pentagon was a massive demonstration against the Vietnam War that took place on October 21, 1967. -
Mai Lai Massacre
The My Lai massacre was a United States war crime committed on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians in Sơn Mỹ village, Quảng Ngãi province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. -
The Beatles Break Up
The Beatles are generally considered to have broken up in April 1970. Paul McCartney publicly announced his break from the band on April 10, 1970, -
Woodstock
Woodstock was the most famous of the 1960s rock festivals. Its full name was The Woodstock Music and Art Fair. It took place on a farm property in Bethel, New York, August 15–18, 1969 -
Chicago 8 Trial
The trial of the Chicago Eight, later known as the Chicago Seven, began on September 24, 1969. The trial concluded in February 1970. These activists were accused of conspiring to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. -
Kent State Protest
On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd of Kent State University students protesting the expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia, resulting in the deaths of four students and the wounding of nine others. -
Roe vs. Wade
Roe v. Wade was a landmark 1973 US Supreme Court case that established a woman's right to abortion, grounded in the right to privacy implied by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.