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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 (1st on Television)
The first presidential debate between Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy took place, at the WBBM-TV studios in Chicago, Illinois. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy is assasinated in dallas texas -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
The Beatles first appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, also known as the Southeast Asia Resolution, was a joint resolution passed by the U.S. Congress authorizing President Lyndon B. Johnson to take military action in Vietnam. -
March on the Pentagon
a major anti-Vietnam War protest that occurred on October 21, 1967 -
Operation Rolling Thunder
a sustained aerial bombardment campaign by the U.S. against North Vietnam from March 1965 to October 1968. -
Chicago 8 Trial
A riot breaks out during the Democratic National Convention of 1968. A group of eight men are arrested and put on trial for conspiring to incite the riot -
The My Lai massacre
The My Lai massacre was a United States war crime committed on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians in Sơn Mỹ village, -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
Riots. On August 28, 1968, around 10,000 protesters gathered in Grant Park for the demonstration, intending to march to the International Amphitheatre where the convention was being held. -
woodstock
Woodstock, was a three-day music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969 -
Kent State Protest
the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd of unarmed students at Kent State University, killing four and wounding nine during a protest against the Vietnam War -
The Beatles Break Up
The Beatles officially broke up on April 9, 1970, when Paul McCartney announced his departure from the band. While John Lennon had previously expressed his desire to leave -
Roe vs. Wade
In the landmark 1973 case Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that a woman's right to choose an abortion is protected by the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, specifically referencing the right to privacy