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Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
This presidential debate marked the first time television played a prominent role in the elections. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy shot by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in a motorcade with his wife, accompanied the governor and wife of Texas. -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
First time The Beatles played live for an American audience before reaching superstardom. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Lyndon B. Johnson to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression” by a then Communist Northern Vietnam. -
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Operation Rolling Thunder
American bombing campaign in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. -
March on the Pentagon
Massive protest at Lincoln Memorial against the Vietnam War -
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Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
Democratic Convention of 1968, following the announcement that President Lyndon B. Johnson would not seek re-election after his term ended. The convention was held in a year of hate, following the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 04th, 1968, and of Robert Francis Kennedy on June 05th, 1968. -
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Woodstock
Music festival that took place on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, 40 miles southwest of the town of Woodstock. -
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Chicago 8 Trial
The trial that seen the convictions of eight men starting the riots at the democratic convention of 1968, one of the members being the co-founder of the Black Panther Part, Bobby Seale. Bobby was taken out of the trial and tried separately, with the remaining seven being tried as a group with five convictions of crossing state lines to start a riot, and two set free. -
The Beatles Break Up
After John Lennon privately informed his bandmates that he was leaving 'The Beatles', on September 20th, 1969, Paul McCartney issued a public statement that said he was no longer working with the band, ending the group as a whole forever. -
Kent State Protest/Shootings
The shootings of 13 unarmed students at Kent State University, killing four and wounding nine others, with massive strikes and protests following immediately after. -
Roe vs. Wade
A case in the Supreme Court in which Jane Roe sued Henry Wade, arguing that Texas' abortion laws were unconstitutional and against basic women's rights that was finally decided on January 22nd, 1973, after beginning the case on December 13th, 1971.
