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Newport Jazz Festival
was attended by over 13,000 people -
Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
The 1st presidential debate on TV. People who were watching on their Television thought that Kennedy won, and the ones who were listening on the radio thought that Nixon had won. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas while the president was riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
The Beatles made their first live U.S. television appearance. More than 70 million Americans gathered around their televisions to watch. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Passed by Congress, this allowed the president to make any measure he thought necessary for the protection of the United States. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
American Air Forces bombed Vietnam to keep Ho Chi Minh from taking over South Vietnam. -
Mai Lai Massacre
U.S. soldiers killed men, women, and children in the village of My Lai. -
March on the Pentagon
The protest involved more than 100,000 attendees against the Vietnam War. -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
with the police riot in full swing on Michigan Avenue in front of the Democratic party's convention headquarters, the Conrad Hilton hotel -
Kent State Protest
Unarmed college students, along with some others, were protesting at Kent State University. They were later shot at by the Ohio National Guard. Four died and nine were injured. -
Woodstock
Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held during August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, United States, 40 miles southwest of the town of Woodstock. -
The Beatles Break Up
McCartney said in a press release that he was no longer working with the group, which sparked a widespread media reaction and worsened the tensions between him and his bandmates. -
Chicago 8 Trial
eight antiwar activists charged with inciting violent demonstrations -
Roe vs. Wade
The Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution does protect a pregnant individual's liberty to have an abortion.