-
The Nixon-Kennedy debates made TV debates between candidates the most popular and important part of campaigning
-
President John F. Kennedy was shot twice in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald
-
The Beatles's appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show was America's introduction to the Beatles and their music
-
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave President Johnson permission to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate/promote international peace in Asia
-
Strategic bombing campaign included U.S. military aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam from March 1965 to October 1968.
-
Vietnam War protest attended by 100,000 people
-
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets
-
First manned mission on the Moon with first steps by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
-
Three day rock n roll music festival in Bethel, New York attended by 400,000 people
-
The festival's 1969 program was an experiment in fusing jazz, soul and rock music and audiences
-
The trial for eight antiwar activists charged with the responsibility for the violent demonstrations at the August 1968 Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago
-
Public announcement of Paul McCartney leaving The Beatles
-
Protests at Kent State University resulted in National Guard opening fire on students, four of which died and nine were injured
-
US Supreme Court legalized abortion within first trimester
-
American soldiers brutally killed the majority of the population of the South Vietnamese Mai Lai in March 1968
