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Newport Jazz Festival
1st Newport jazz festival took place. -
Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
The presidential debate between Nixon and kennedy -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
JFK was assassinated in what would forever become an infamous moment in history. -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
the Beatles took the stage for their first televised performance in America -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The resolution was prompted by two separate attacks on two U.S. Navy destroyers, U.S.S. Maddox and U.S.S. Turner Joy -
March on the Pentagon
Anti-Vietnam war protesters rallied to Washington on Saturday in the first national demonstration against the war. -
Mai Lai Massacre
a war crime committed by United States Army personnel on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
These were generally protests against the Vietnam war. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign against the vietnamese -
Woodstock
Woodstock, the most famous of the 1960s rock festivals, held on a farm property in Bethel, New York -
Chicago 8 Trial
A riot broke out during the democratic national convention of 1968 and 8 men were arrested with connections to the crime. -
Kent State Protest
The Kent State shootings were the killing of four and wounding of nine unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on the Kent State University campus -
The Beatles Break Up
This is the date the Beatles break up. -
Roe vs. Wade
The protection of the right to have an abortion