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Newport Jazz Festival
Held over the weekend of July 17-18, 1954, the inaugural Newport Jazz Festival was attended by over 13,000 people, who gathered at a specially constructed bandstand at the Newport Casino to enjoy the festival's much-anticipated debut. -
Nixon-Kennedy debates (first televised)
An estimated 60-70 million people viewed and watched the debates on television. This was successful and came to be called the "great debates." -
Assasination of John F. Kennedy
JFK was assasinated in Dallas, TX while riding in a presdiential mototcade through Desley Plaza. -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
They appeared on the show February 9th, 1964. The Beatles were a huge sensation in England. They played 3 songs while being on the show. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was a frequently interrupted bombing campaign that began on 24 February 1965 and lasted until the end of October 1968. -
March on the Pentagon
The March on the Pentagon was a massive demonstration against the Vietnam War on October 21, 1967. The protest involved more than 100,000 attendees at a rally by the Lincoln Memorial. -
Mai Lai Massacre
The My Lai massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of violence committed against unarmed civilians during the Vietnam War. A company of American soldiers brutally killed most of the women, children and old men , in the village of My Lai on March 16, 1968 -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
King assassination riots in more than 100 cities followed and marked the end of the civil rights movement. The convention also followed the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy on June 5. Kennedy's assassination derailed the convention, paving the way for Humphrey. -
The Beatles Break Up
on April 10, 1970, Paul McCartney “self-interview” was seized upon by the international media as an official announcement of a Beatles breakup. -
Kent State Protest
The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre and the Kent State massacre, were the killings of four -
Roe vs. Wade
Wade was a landmark decision by the US Supreme Court. It ruled that a state law that banned abortion was unconstitutional. The decision said that a woman's right to privacy extended to the fetus/unborn child she was carrying. -
Chicago 8 Trial
A riot breaks out during the Democratic National Convention of 1968. A group of eight men are arrested and put on trial for conspiring to incite the riot, i -
woodstock
Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to simply as Woodstock, was a music festival held August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm