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When The Beatles appeared for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show record-breaking numbers of people listened. -
The Nixon-Kennedy debates were the first presidential debates to be on television and radio. -
The Assassination of former President John F. Kennedy shocked the nation and led Congress to make a change, in the form of the 25th amendment. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave the president of the time the authority to increase U.S. involvement in the war between North and South Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States 2nd Air Division, U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 2 March 1965 until 2 November 1968, during the Vietnam War. -
The March on the Pentagon was a massive demonstration against the Vietnam War. -
The Mỹ Lai massacre was a war crime committed by the United States involving the mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians. -
There were riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention after the shooting of Dean Johnson by Chicago police officers. -
Newport Jazz Festival was a long-running jazz fest but in July 1969 it opened its doors to hip n groovy rock acts. -
Woodstock was a super famous 1960s rock festival. -
The Beatles broke up when McCartney said in a press release that he was no longer working with the group. -
A protest at Kent State University resulted in the killing of four and wounded nine. -
A decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States generally protects a pregnant individual's liberty to have an abortion. -
A riot broke out during the Democratic National Convention of 1968 and a group of eight men were arrested and put on trial for conspiring to incite the riot and ultimately found guilty.