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Newport Jazz Festival
the first new port jass was on July 17th and 18th 1954 at the Newport casino it had academic panel talks and music from bille holiday ella Fitzgerald lee kinitz eddie condon and more -
Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television) was at WBBM TV in Chicago, Illinois, and the participants were John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. The format decided was Eight minute opening statements
Two-and-a-half-minute responses to questions
Optional rebuttal -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
He was killed afternoon as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. The car turned off the main street. Bullets struck the president's neck and head, and he slumped over toward Mrs. Kennedy. The governor was shot in his back. The car went to the hospital he was pronounced dead. The governor did recover -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
Four guys from Liverpool took the stage for their first "televised performance in America." this would forever change the history of music in America Sixty years ago, on Feb. 9, 1964, they got paid about 10000$ for the show -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
President Lyndon that the us ships had been attacked twice. This resolution of Congress dated August 7, 1964, "gave President Lyndon Johnson authority to increase U.S. involvement in the war between North and South Vietnam". -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was a frequently interrupted bombing campaign that began on 24 February 1965, and it was till October 1968 that this was just supposed to be a signal -
March on the Pentagon
The march on the Pentagon was a demonstration against the victims of war in October. There were more than 100,000 people at the rally by the Lincoln Memorial the about 50,ooo people marched by the ricer to the pentogon -
Mai Lai Massacre
the massacre was a war crime by us army on the 16th or march involving mass murder and unarmed civilians in the district south Vietnam during the war the person covien was willuam cally -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
It was a series of protests against us involvement in the war in 1968. The demonstrations lasted seven days, from Aug 23 to sug 29th. There were many attempts to stop them by authorities to prevent the protests from occurring but they were unable to stop them -
Woodstock
wood stock is a art and music fair it was held from aug 15th to 18th in 1969 in the "Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, 40 miles southwest of the town of Woodstock' there were a lot of thing that happen at Woodstock people died and a lot of rape cases it was the largest music festival to date -
Chicago 8 Trial
A riot breaks out for democratic convention in 68' a group of 8 men arrested and put on trial for conspiring to start the riot this also involved a girl named abbie hoddman when they went to trial the battle and it was between abbie and huge julise "Their battles are re-created using court transcripts, enhanced with archival footage and interviews with the real "Chicago 8." -
Kent State Protest
The Kent State shootings were the killing of four and wounding of nine college students by the ohio guard on the Kent State campus and and this was on may 4th it only took 13 secoced for all the death and wounded. -
Roe vs. Wade
is a landmark decision of the US Supreme court the court rules that the us protected a right to have a a abortion or not the have recently reopen the case and now abortion are banned in many state and there have been lots of protest of woman very unhappy about this new law in most states -
The Beatles Break Up
the break up was in 1970, and they were multifaceted and really complex. There were money problems there, Brian's death, and then John's relationship with Yoko. There were also power struggles and the overall good thing to do was break up