1960s

By BraelynJKleehammer

  • Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)

    The first televised presidential debates

  • The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, during a parade by Lee Harvey Oswald.

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

    The first time the beatles apperaed on Tv

  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    When Congress gave LBJ permission to do what he felt necessary in Vietnam

  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    A bombing raid of North Vietnam that was supposed to be short but ended up being 3 years long.

  • March on the Pentagon

    One of many protest to protest the vietnam war.

  • Mai Lai Massacre

    When American soldiers killed innocent civilians

  • Newport Jazz Festival

  • Woodstock

    music festival that took place in Bethel, New York, in 1969

  • The Beatles Break Up

    The famous rock band broke up

  • Kent State Protest

    A peaceful protest on the Vietnam War that led to 4 teenagers being killed.

  • Roe vs. Wade

    makes abortion legal