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Newport Jazz Festival
The first jazz festival -
Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
It was the first presidential debate on TV -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was assassinated -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
The first appearance of the Beatles -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
gave President Lyndon Johnson authority to increase U.S. involvement in the war between North and South Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
a bombing campaign against North Vietnam -
March on the Pentagon
a demonstration that was against the Vietnam War -
Mai Lai Massacre
a massive killing of unarmed civilians -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
protests against Americans in the Vietnam War -
Woodstock
a big art fair -
Chicago 8 Trial
trial of eight radicals accused of conspiring to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago -
The Beatles Break Up
The band The Beatles went their separate ways -
Kent State Protest
It was a protest about the authorization of the US invading Cambodia to fight the Viet Cong there -
Roe vs. Wade
allowing abortion to be legal