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Newport Jazz Festival history
The Newport Jazz Festival experimented with music for the first time on July 3, 1969. The festival's 1969 program was an experiment in jazz, and rock music and audiences. -
Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
1960 presidential debates with John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon was the first televised general election presidential debates, bringing new material to the presidential candidates' campaigning. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
approximately 12:30 p.m. President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade with his wife -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
was a historic event that was the beginning of Beatlemania in America. Over 73 million viewers watched. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
A congressional provided President Lyndon B. Johnson with extensive powers to undertake all essential actions to counter any military aggression against U.S. forces in Southeast Asia. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
bombing campaign targeting North Vietnam called Rolling Thunder Planners aimed to improve the South Vietnamese troops, disrupt the supply lines heading south, and discourage North Vietnamese hostilities. -
March on the Pentagon
A major protest against the Vietnam War featured a large gathering that marched from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon. -
Chicago 8 Trial
trial of eight anti-war activists accused of conspiring to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago -
Mai Lai Massacre
History of My Lai Massacre, the mass killing of hundreds of unarmed civilians by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
around 10,000 protesters gathered in Grant Park for the riot -
Woodstock
Music and Art Fair The fair was held on 600 acre of a dairy farm in Bethel, New York -
The Beatles Break Up
when Paul McCartney announced he was taking a break from the band. However, the legal discussion of it wasn't finalized until December 29, 1974. -
Kent State Protest
The Kent State shootings led to the deaths of four students and injuries to nine more when Ohio National Guardsmen fired into a group of students at Kent State University. -
Roe vs. Wade
women in the United States basic right to for an abortion without undue governmental limitations and declaring Texas's abortion