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Newport Jazz Festival
Yearly jazz festival held in newport -
Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
The first televised elction debates -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
The assassination of the 35th President -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
Beatles make there first aperince in the US on the Ed Sullivan Show -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gave broad congressional approval for expansion of the Vietnam War -
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Operation Rolling Thunder
Strategic bombing campaign during the Vietnam War -
March on the Pentagon
An anti-war march -
Mai Lai Massacre
One of the most horrific incidents of violence against civilians during the Vietnam War -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
Tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets, while the Democratic Party falls apart over an internal disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam -
Apollo 11 Moon Landing
The first people to ever land on the moon -
Woodstock
A music and art fair -
Chicago 8 Trial
The trial for eight antiwar activists charged with the responsibility for the violent demonstrations at the August 1968 Democratic National Convention -
The Beatles Break Up
The Beatles Disband -
Kent State Protest
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Roe vs. Wade
The Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion by handing down their decision in the case of Roe v. Wade. Despite opponents' characterization of the decision, it was not the first time that abortion became a legal procedure in the United States