1960s Timeline

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    60s

  • Newport Jazz Festival

    Newport Jazz Festival

    This was important because it was an annual event and gave Americans time to not think about all of the things happening.
  • Nixon-Kennedy Debates

    Nixon-Kennedy Debates

    This was important to the sixties because it was the first televised debate and millions of Americans watched it. This was the best way to get Americans information about the debate in real time.
  • Assassination of JFK

    Assassination of JFK

    This is important because it shocked America. After all, he was very loved by the people.
  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    This was very important because this allowed the United States to get more involved in the war in Vietnam.
  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder

    This was a bombing mission to decrease North Vietnamese aggression and help the South Vietnamese.
  • March on the Pentagon

    March on the Pentagon

    This was important because this was during the Vietnam. As many as one hundred thousand people marched to protest the war.
  • Mai Lai Massacre

    Mai Lai Massacre

    This was where William L. Calley and his soldiers murdered between 350 and 500 unarmed people in a village.
  • Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

    Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

    This was a series of protests that lasted a few days and was about the Vietnam War.
  • Woodstock

    Woodstock

    This was important because, in the middle of all the protesting from the Civil Rights Movement, it created some peace for everyone.
  • Chicago 8 Trial

    Chicago 8 Trial

    This was a trial where rioting laws were important.
  • Kent State Protesting

    Kent State Protesting

    This protest was important because the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four people and injured nine.
  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade

    This was important because it gave the right to abortion.
  • The Beatles Break Up

    The Beatles Break Up

    This was important because they changed rock and roll while making a new culture.