the 60's area

  • The beatles app

    The beatles app
    On febuary 9th, 1964 the beatles, with their edwardian suits and mop top haircuts, made their first american television appearance.
  • Newport Jazz Festival

     Newport Jazz Festival
    The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. It was established in 1954 by socialite Elaine Lorillard, who, together with husband Louis Lorillard, financed the festival for many years
  • nixon-kennedy debates

    nixon-kennedy debates
    John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon squared off in the first televised presidential debates in American history.
  • The assassination of John F. Kennedy

    The assassination of John F. Kennedy
    President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was shot twice, and an hour after his death Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the crime.
  • The gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The gulf of Tonkin Resolution
    The gulf of Tonkin resolution or the southeast asia resolution, pub.L. 88-408, 78 Stat.384, enacted August 10, 1964 was a joint resolution that the united states congress passed on august 7,1964 in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
  • Mai Lai Massacre

    Mai Lai Massacre
    In one of the most horrific incidents of wiolence against civilians during the Vietname war. a company of American soldiers brutally killed the majority of the population of the South Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai in March 1968.
  • March on the Pentagon

    March on the Pentagon
    Demonstrators on October 21, 1967, near the pentagon Saturday, 5:40 p.m.- Demonstrators March to Pentagon: The day's activities began with a rally at the …
  • Operation Rolling Thunder

     Operation Rolling Thunder
    Operation Rolling Thunder was the title of a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the US 2nd Air Division, US Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force against the Democratic .
  • Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

      Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
    Protest activity took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. In 1967, counterculture protest groups had been promising to come to Chicago and disrupt the convention, and the city promised to maintain law and order. For eight days, the protesters and the Chicago Police Department met in the .... billy club, Chicago Police Department officers had mace and riot helmets.
  • Apollo 11 moon landing

    Apollo 11 moon landing
    First time man has ever stepped foot on the moon.
  • Chicago 8 Trial

    Chicago 8 Trial
    On this day in History, Chicago 8 trial opens in Chicago on Sep 23, 1969. Learn more about what happened today on History.
  • The Beatles Break Up

    The Beatles Break Up
    Although in September 1969 John Lennon privately informed the other Beatles that he was leaving the group, there was no public acknowledgement of the break-up until Paul McCartney announced on 10 April 1970 he was quitting the Beatles.
  • Kent State Protest

     Kent State Protest
    The Kent State shootings occurred at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, in the United States ... Some of the students who were shot had been protesting the Cambodian Campaign, which President Richard Nixon announced during a …
  • Roe vs. Wade

     Roe vs. Wade
    Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. It was decided simultaneously with a companion case, Doe v. Bolton
  • Woodstock

    Woodstock
    The Woodstock Music & Art Fair—informally, the Woodstock Festival or simply Woodstock—was a music festival attracting an audience of 400,000 people, scheduled over three days on a dairy farm in New …