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Newport Jazz Festival
The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. -
Nixon-Kennedy Debates
For the first time in U.S. history, a debate between major party presidential candidates—John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon—is shown on television. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
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
The Beatles' record-breaking first live appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was the title of a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States 2nd Air Division, U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force -
March on the Pentagon
The March on the Pentagon was a massive demonstration against the Vietnam War -
Mai Lai Massacre
It was when a company of American soldiers brutally killed most of the people, women, children and old men in the village of My Lai -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
The convention of 1968 was held during a year of riots, political turbulence, and mass civil unrest. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in April of that year inflamed racial tensions to an unprecedented level. -
Chicago 8 Trial
The Chicago Eight were the first people tried under the first federal anti-riot law. -
Woodstock
It was a music festival held August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York -
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 -
The Beatles Break Up
The Beatles broke up because they were exhausted from their extensive tours -
Roe vs. Wade
It was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction.