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Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
The first presidential debate was held at WBBM-TV, Chicago on Monday, September 26, 1960. -
Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
The first presidential debate was held at WBBM-TV, Chicago on Monday, September 26, 1960. -
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Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
The first presidential debate was held at WBBM-TV, Chicago on Monday, September 26, 1960. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
November 1963 - Wikipedia
November 22, 1963 (Friday) United States President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Kennedy was riding as a passenger in a Lincoln Continental motorcade in Dealey Plaza of Downtown Dallas, Texas. -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
America tuned in to CBS and The Ed Sullivan Show. But this night was different. 73 million people gathered in front of their TV sets to see The Beatles' first live performance on U.S. soil. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in Southeast Asia. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was a frequently interrupted bombing campaign that began on 24 February 1965 and lasted until the end of October 1968. -
Newport Jazz Festival
The Newport Jazz Festival experimented with rock music for the first time on July 3, 1969. The festival's 1969 program was an experiment in fusing jazz, soul, and rock music, and audiences -
The March on the Pentagon
The March on the Pentagon was a massive demonstration against the Vietnam War on October 21, 1967. -
Mai Lai Massacre
On March 16, 1968, the angry and frustrated men of Charlie Company, 11th Brigade, Americal Division entered the Vietnamese village of My Lai. "This is what you've been waiting for -- search and destroy -- and you've got it," said their superior officers. -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
The 1968 Democratic National Convention protests were a series of protests against the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War that took place before and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The protests lasted approximately seven days, from August 23 to August 29, 1968. -
wood stock
Woodstock was the largest and most memorable of dozens of outdoor music festivals that took place between 1967 and 1969, an era that began with the widely publicized Monterey Pops Concert -
Chicago 8 Trial
September 24, 1969, marked the beginning of one of the most infamous trials in U.S. history for eight (later seven) activists linked to the protests that took place in response to the 1968 Democratic National Convention, held in Chicago at the International Amphitheatre on August 26‒29. -
Kent State Protest
The shootings took place on May 4, 1970, during a rally opposing the expanding involvement of the Vietnam War in Cambodia by United States military forces as well as protesting the National Guard presence on campus. -
Roe vs. Wade
The landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling recognizing the right to abortion. In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Roe v. Wade recognized that the decision of whether to continue or end a pregnancy belongs to the individual, not the government. -
The Beatles Break Up
In reality, the breakup of The Beatles was multifaceted and complex: money problems, Brian Epstein's death, John's relationship with Yoko, not to mention creative divergences, internal power struggles, and the evolving artistic impulses of all four Beatles.