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Newport Jazz Festival
The festival had almost been postponed because of scarce attendance. -
Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
This debate was held in Chicago Illinois. This was the first debate on TV -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
John F Kennedy was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas TX as he rode in a motorcade. -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
4 people from Liverpool took the stage and changed the course of music history. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This was a resolution that let President Johnson take measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and maintain peace in southeast Asia. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
This was an operation in which we dropped a ton of bombs on North Vietnam but ended up just losing a ton of time money bombs and lives because they had good air defense. -
Woodstock
This was the largest and most memorable music festivals -
March on the Pentagon
This was a huge protest against and Vietnam War -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
This was a series of pretests against the United States involving the Vietnam war -
Mai Lai Massacre
This was a mass killing of unarmed villagers by US soldiers during the Vietnam War. -
Chicago 8 Trial
a jury found some men guilty of crossing state lines to start riots. -
The Beatles Break Up
This was a sad time. The Beatles broke up because of many reasons, money, brian Epstein's death, and some relationships. -
Kent State Protest
On this day 4 students were shot by the National Gaurd during a Vietnam protest. -
Roe vs. Wade
The Supreme Court ruled the right to abortion