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This manifesto of the Students for a Democratic Society was issued, outlining the reasons for their existance.
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After the administration at the school decided to enforce rules against advocacy, a student movement rose up, let by Savio, including such actions as peaceful protests.
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A devastating series of suprise attacks were led by the North Vietnamese againse US and South Vietnamese troops in the middle of a cease-fire period.
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Woodstock was a festival in which hippies convened to indulge in drugs, sex, and rock and roll. It served as an accurate physical manifestation of the counterculture.
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SALT 1 convened to try to hault the development of nuclear weapons for the US and the Soviets to prevent a war from breaking out.
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Nixon ordered troops to invade Cambodia, sparking a series of anti-war protests the likes of which we had never seen before.
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A group of protesters against the Cambodia invasion, along with some innocent bystanders, were shot by police.
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A group of students protesting the Vietnam War was shot at by police, with several members dying.
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After the Watergate complex (home of the DNC) was broken into, Nixons men were caught, after which he staged a coverup which was eventually exposed, resulting in his resignation from office.