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Newport Jazz Festival
The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. -
Convention
A treaty is a formal, legally binding written agreement between actors in international law. It is usually made by and between sovereign states and international organizations, but can sometimes include individuals, business entities, and other legal persons -
Nixon-Kennedy Debates
The Kennedy vs Nixon was the first presidential debate to air on TV and also was known for hosting 2 women to star in it. -
The Beatles Break Up
From August 1962 to September 1969, the Beatles had a lineup that consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Their break-up was a cumulative process attributed to numerous factors. -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
The ninth of February 1964 was when the Beatles first aired live on television at studio 5 in New York city. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The resolution allowed the president "to take all necessary steps, including the use of armed force. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was a frequently interrupted bombing campaign that began on 24 February 1965 and lasted until the end of October 1968 -
March on the Pentagon
The March on the Pentagon was a massive destruction on the Pentagon, where more than 100,000 people rallied together. -
Mai Lai Massacre
The My Lai massacre was the mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by United States troops in Son Tinh District, South Vietnam, on 16 March 1968 during the Vietnam War -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic
This was during the democratic debate of Kennedy and McCarthy. People that were protesting the Vietnam war were there. Just many, many people were rioting. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
During a parade held in Texas as president John F. Kennedy was riding on a car top and then was shot in the head by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Woodstock
Woodstock is a short term for Woodstock music, a music festival that was held at a dairy farm. -
Chicago 8 Trial
A riot breaks out during the Democratic National Convention of 1968. A group of eight men are arrested and put on trial for conspiring to incite the riot, -
Kent State Protest
The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre and the Kent State massacre, were the killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students -
Roe vs. Wade
was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction.