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Newport Jazz Festival
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Nixon-Kennedy Debates
they were the first to be broadcast -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
they added the 25th amendment and it traumatized the nation -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
it inspired young muscians to do rock -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
it allowed the president to do anything he wanted -
Operation Rolling Thunder
they bombed Vietnam with more bombs than they dropped in Europe during ww2 of the 745 crewmen shot down, the USAF recorded 145 rescued, 255 killed, 222 captured (23 of whom died in captivity), and 123 missing. -
Woodstock
it was a famous rock festival -
March on the Pentagon
they tried to get them to stop the war -
mai lai massacre
A company of American soldiers brutally killed most of the people -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
people were protesting the voting age -
Chicago 8 Trial
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Kent State Protest
4 students got killed while protesting the war -
The Beatles Break Up
a very depressing day -
Roe vs. Wade
it protected women's right to abortion