60s Era Timeline

By Hayden Asdell
  • Newport Jazz Festival

    Newport Jazz Festival

    very famous during the '60s and the first American form of music.
  • September 26 1960

    September 26 1960

    People who listened on the radio believed Nixon won while people who watched it on tv thought Kennedy won.
  • The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    John F. Kennedy was shot twice in Dallas Texas.
  • The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show

    The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show

    73 Million people watch the first Beatles live performance on US soil.
  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Gave President Johnson total power to declare war on Vietnam.
  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder

    The codename for an operation of repeatedly bombing Vietnam.
  • March on the Pentagon

    March on the Pentagon

    Over 100,000 people meet at the Lincoln Memorial and march across the Potomac River to the Pentagon and protested for Anti-war
  • Mai Lai Massacre

    Mai Lai Massacre

    The mass killing of around 500 unarmed villagers by the USA in Vietnam.
  • Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

    Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

    Protests that took place at the Chicago Democratic Convention against the Vietnam war.
  • Woodstock

    Woodstock

    an opportunity to escape and spread peace.
  • Chicago 8 Trial

    Chicago 8 Trial

    a trial for 8 antiwar protesters charged with inciting violence.
  • The Beatles Break Up

    The Beatles Break Up

    The Band The Beatles Break up.
  • Kent State Protest

    Kent State Protest

    Protests at Kent State University where 4 college students were killed and 9 were injured.
  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade was issued by the supreme court protecting women's rights.