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a major riot on the second day that led to numerous arrests and the cancellation of the remaining two days of the festival. -
The first broadcast presidential debate between Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy took place on Monday, September 26, 1960, at the WBBM-TV studios in Chicago, Illinois. -
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, a Sunday night, which was a historic event that marked the beginning of Beatlemania in America.
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a congressional authorization that granted President Lyndon B. Johnson authority to take all necessary measures against attacks -
a landmark three-day music festival held for 3 days in 1969 on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York -
Anti-Vietnam war protesters rallied to Washington in what was the first national demonstration against the war. -
a bombing campaign conducted by the United States against North Vietnam -
war crime committed by the United States involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians in Sơn Mỹ village, Quảng Ngãi province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. -
around 10,000 protesters gathered in Grant Park for the demonstration, intending to march to the International Amphitheatre where the convention was being held. At approximately 3:30 pm, a young man lowered the American flag that was in the park. -
A trial of eight anti-war activists accused of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. -
The Beatles disbanded for multiple reasons, including creative differences, money problems, the death of their manager, and outside relationships -
The Ohio National Guard fired on student protesters at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine. -
The decision struck down many State abortion laws, and it sparked an ongoing abortion debate in the United States