60s timeline

By Brianna Pike
  • newport jazz festival
    Jun 30, 1060

    newport jazz festival

  • nixon kennedy debates

    nixon kennedy debates

    people who were listening to the radio thought nixon won but everyone who watched it on tv thought Kennedy won
  • The beatles break up

    The beatles break up

  • assassination of JFK

    assassination of JFK

    JFK was shot
  • the beatles appear on the ed sullivan show

    the beatles appear on the ed sullivan show

  • gulf of tonkin resolution

    gulf of tonkin resolution

    repel any armed attacks against the forces of the united states
  • operation rolling thunder

    operation rolling thunder

    frequently interrupted bombing campaign
  • march on the pentagon

    march on the pentagon

    demonstration against the vietnam war
  • riots at chicago democratic convention

    riots at chicago democratic convention

  • mai lai massacre

    mai lai massacre

    crimes commited to unarmed citizens during the vietnam war
  • woodstock

    woodstock

    3 day music festival
  • kent state protest

    kent state protest

    protest against the war
  • roe vs. wade

    roe vs. wade

    a court case that struck down many texas laws
  • chicago 8 trial

    chicago 8 trial

    trial after the riots