The Sixties

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    The Sixties

  • JFK sworn in.

    JFK sworn in.

    John Kennnedy becomes president.
  • Cesar Chavez and the UFW.

    Cesar Chavez and the UFW.

    The first convention of the UFW is opened on this date.
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    A crowd of 250,000 heard Martin Luther King call for an end to racism
  • Kennedy Assassination

    Kennedy Assassination

    President Kennedy is killed in Dallas.
  • Beatles in America

    Beatles in America

    The Beatles are introduced to the American public on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was used to justify US military operations in Southeast Asia.
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

    Communists troops launch their biggest offensive of the war and American public support plummets.
  • MLK Assasination

    MLK Assasination

    Martin Luther Killed is killed in Memphis.
  • 1968 Democratic Convention

    1968 Democratic Convention

    Anti-war protestors meet the Chicago Police Department.
  • Nixon Becomes President

    Nixon Becomes President

    Nixon is inaugurated for his first term, after promising he had a secret plan to end the war.
  • First Vietnam Troop Withdrawal

    First Vietnam Troop Withdrawal

  • Woodstock

    Woodstock

    300,000 people attended the famed music festival at Yasgur's Farm.