60s timeline

  • Jun 30, 1060

    newport jazz festival

    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