60's

  • Newport Jazz festival

    Newport Jazz festival
    Jazz festival still held till this day
  • Nixon-Kennedy debate

    Nixon-Kennedy debate
    First time a debate was aired on television
  • Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    Assassination of John F. Kennedy
    Riding in presidential motorcade when he was shot in the head
  • Beatles appearance

    Beatles appearance
    First live performance
  • Gulf of tonkin resolution

    Gulf of tonkin resolution
    President johnson authorized to take any measured to prevent attacks on US
  • Operation rolling thunder

    Operation rolling thunder
    Codename for American bombing campaign during Vietnam war
  • March on the pentagon

    March on the pentagon
    Massive act against Vietnam war
  • Mai Lai massacre

    Mai Lai massacre
    Murder of unarmed Vietnamese by the US
  • woodstock

    woodstock
    Music festival
  • Beatles break up

    Beatles break up
    McCartney declared he was not working with he group anymore
  • Kent state protest

    Kent state protest
    students protested on the commons against U.S invasion of Cambodia
  • Roe Vs. Wade

    Roe Vs. Wade
    Supreme court rules constitution protects pregnant women's liberty to have an abortion