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Yearly jazz festival held in newport
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The first televised elction debates
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The assassination of the 35th President
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Beatles make there first aperince in the US on the Ed Sullivan Show
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Gave broad congressional approval for expansion of the Vietnam War
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Strategic bombing campaign during the Vietnam War
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An anti-war march
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One of the most horrific incidents of violence against civilians during the Vietnam War
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Tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets, while the Democratic Party falls apart over an internal disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam
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The first people to ever land on the moon
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A music and art fair
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The trial for eight antiwar activists charged with the responsibility for the violent demonstrations at the August 1968 Democratic National Convention
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The Beatles Disband
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The Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion by handing down their decision in the case of Roe v. Wade. Despite opponents' characterization of the decision, it was not the first time that abortion became a legal procedure in the United States