60s Era Timeline

  • Nixon-Kennedy Debates

    The 1960 debates between Vice President Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy showed a turning point in politics showing the first time a presidential debate was televised.
  • The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    The assassination of John F. Kennedy the 35th President of the United States is one of the most eventful events in history.
  • The Beatles appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show

    The Beatles first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show is one of the most milestones in television history.
  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Rolling Thunder was the name for the United States air bombing campaign during the Vietnam War
  • March on the Pentagon

    a rally at the Lincoln Memorial.
  • Mai Lai Massacre

    the angry and frustrated men of Charlie Company, 11th Brigade, Americal Division entered the Vietnamese
  • Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

    A series of protests against the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War
  • Newport Jazz Festival

    an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island
  • Woodstock

    a three day party in New York that had bands, artists
  • Chicago 8 Trial

    jurors acquitted all defendants on the conspiracy charge, while finding the five defendants charged with having an intent to incite a riot while crossing state lines guilty
  • Kent State Protest

    National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University- Aug 7, 1964
    To take things that he seemed necessary
  • Roe vs. Wade

    person may choose to have an abortion until a fetus becomes viable
  • The Beatles Break Up

    McCartney said in a press release that he was no longer working with the group

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