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Newport Jazz Festival
The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. They hired George Wein to organize the first festival and bring jazz to Rhode Island. -
Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
The first presidential debate on tv. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
He was riding in a car in a parade then got shot. -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
At studio 50 in NY. The Beatles had their first live show. It was record-breaking. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
enacted August 10, 1964, was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident -
Operation Rolling Thunder
was the title of 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. -
March on the Pentagon
a massive demonstration against the Vietnam War on October 21, 1967. -
Chicago 8 Trial
The trial for eight antiwar activists charged with inciting violent demonstrations -
Mai Lai Massacre
The Mỹ Lai massacre was the mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops in Sơn Tịnh District, South Vietnam, on March 16, 1968 during the Vietnam War. -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held August 26–29 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, United States. ... The convention was held during a year of violence, political turbulence and civil unrest, particularly riots in more than 100 cities following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. -
Woodstock
It was a huge music festival. There was more than 400,000 people. -
The Beatles Break Up
On 10 April 1970, McCartney issued a press release that stated he was no longer working with the group -
Kent State Protest
the killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students -
Roe vs. Wade
was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction.