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Newport Jazz Festival
The festival features three full days of jazz on four unique stages on the grounds at Fort Adams State Park situated at the mouth of Newport Harbor with panoramic views of the Newport Bridge -
Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
1960 presidential election, very close statistics on votes. -
Roe vs. Wade
Supreme Court issued a 7–2 decision in favor of Jane Roe holding that women in the United States had a fundamental right to choose whether to have abortions without excessive government restriction and striking down Texas's abortion ban as unconstitutional. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
One of the most well known presidential assassinations, the day JFK was murdered in his convertible. -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
The Beatles' record-breaking first live appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, at Studio 50 in New York City. Seventy-three million people were reported to have watched the first show. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to prevent issues with Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was a frequently interrupted bombing campaign, During this period U.S. Air Force and Navy aircraft engaged in a bombing campaign designed to force Ho Chi Minh to abandon his ambition to take over South Vietnam. -
March on the Pentagon
Massive protest against the vietnam war. There was a mass of people involved in confrontation against the military and national guard. -
Mai Lai Massacre
A company of American soldiers brutally killed innocent and unarmed children, babies, elderly and adults from a village in Vietnam. -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
police riot in full swing on Michigan Avenue in front of the Democratic party's convention headquarters, the Conrad Hilton hotel, television networks broadcast live as the anti-war protesters began the now-iconic chant "The whole world is watching". -
Woodstock
The biggest rock festival of the 60s, very famous for symbolizing peace, and love. Known for hippies hanging and listening to rock music, and "vibing". This was a three day event. -
Chicago 8 Trial
The Chicago Eight were the first people tried under the first federal anti-riot law. Anti-riot laws were all at the local or state level until the passage of the 1968 Civil Rights Act, which included a provision making it illegal to cross state lines to incite a riot. -
The Beatles Break Up
the Beatles decided to stop performing live in 1966. Epstein opposed the decision, which the foursome felt was necessary in order to focus on the quality of their music. -
kent state protest
Four Kent State University students were killed and nine were injured, after the national guard opened fire on the crowd and tear gassed the large sum of protesters.