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The 1960 Newport Jazz Festival had significant events, one of them being a major riot on the second day that led to numerous arrests. -
The Nixon-Kennedy debates were the first televised debates. -
The Beatles appeared on the show and performed 5 songs. -
The act allowed President Johnson to take any necessary measures to fight against North Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder was a bombing campaign against North Vietnam to weaken their forces. -
The March on the Pentagon was a huge demonstration against the Vietnam War -
The My Lai massacre was a United States war crime. It involved the murder of unarmed civilians in a village. -
Around 10,000 protesters gathered in Grant Park, intending to march to the International Amphitheatre where the convention was being held. -
John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. -
Woodstock was a music festival held on a farm in Bethel, New York. -
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. -
Paul McCartney announced his departure from the band, which ended their public activity. -
The events at Kent State involved the Ohio National Guard firing on student protestors at Kent State University, resulting in the deaths of four students and nine others injured. -
The Roe v. Wade case resulted in the ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, which was influenced by events and changing attitudes during the 1960s.