1960s

  • Newport Jazz Festival

    Newport Jazz Festival
  • Nixon-Kennedy Debates

    Nixon-Kennedy Debates
    they were the first to be broadcast
  • The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    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

    The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
    it inspired young muscians to do rock
  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
    it allowed the president to do anything he wanted
  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    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

    Woodstock
    it was a famous rock festival
  • March on the Pentagon

    March on the Pentagon
    they tried to get them to stop the war
  • mai lai massacre

    mai lai massacre
    A company of American soldiers brutally killed most of the people
  • Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

    Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
    people were protesting the voting age
  • Chicago 8 Trial

    Chicago 8 Trial
  • Kent State Protest

    Kent State Protest
    4 students got killed while protesting the war
  • The Beatles Break Up

    The Beatles Break Up
    a very depressing day
  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade
    it protected women's right to abortion