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Newport Jazz Festival
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Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
The first general election presidential debate was 1960 United States presidential debates, held on September 26, 1960, between U.S. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
He made sure that their first live televised performance in the US would be on his show, and, on February 9th, 1964, the Beatles performed on The Ed Sullivan Show -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin incident, also known as the USS Maddox incident, was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
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March on the Pentagon
The March on the Pentagon was a massive demonstration against the Vietnam War -
Mai Lai Massacre
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Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
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Chicago 8 Trial
On September 24, 1969, thirteen months after the riots that shocked America, the trial of the so-called "Chicago Eight" began in the oak-paneled, twenty-third-floor courtroom of Judge Julius Hoffman. -
Woodstock
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The Beatles Break Up
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Kent State Protest
The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre and the Kent State massacre, were the killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard -
Roe vs. Wade