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Nixon-Kennedy Debates
the first presidential debates to be broadcast to a nationwide television and radio audience -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
JFK got shot -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
gave President Lyndon Johnson the authority to increase U.S. involvement in the war between North and South Vietnam -
March on the Pentagon
massive demonstration against the Vietnam War -
Mai Lai Massacre
More than 500 people were slaughtered in the My Lai massacre -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
television networks broadcast live as the anti-war protesters began the now-iconic chant "The whole world is watching". -
Operation Rolling Thunder
gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States 2nd Air Division, U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 2 March 1965 until 2 November 1968, during the Vietnam War -
Newport Jazz Festival
The Newport Jazz Festival experimented with rock music for the first time on July 3, 1969 -
Woodstock
Music and art fair -
Chicago 8 Trial
The jury found Davis, Dellinger, Hayden, Hoffman, and Rubin guilty of traveling across state lines with intent to incite a riot. In a separate trial, seven of the police officers were acquitted by the jury, and the case against the eighth was dismissed by the prosecution. -
The Beatles Break Up
Paul McCartney's “self-interview” was seized upon by the international media as an official announcement of a Beatles breakup. -
Kent State Protest
killing of four and wounding of nine unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard -
Roe vs. Wade
a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States generally protects a pregnant individual's liberty to have an abortion