60s Era Timeline

Newport Jazz Festival

Jul 17, 1954

This was a place where Americans experimented with rock music for the first time.

Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)

Sep 26, 1960

This was the first-ever presidential debate on live television

The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Nov 22, 1963

this was the day he was shot out of his car during a parade through town.

The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show

Feb 9, 1964

this was the day they first appeared on TV and people would tune in for some good rock and roll.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Jul 7, 1964

This is when Johnson was able to take measures into his own hands that believed were necessary to protect.

Operation Rolling Thunder

Mar 2, 1965

This is when they first started there bombing campaign against North Vietnam.

March on the Pentagon

Oct 21, 1967

this was the first national demonstration against the war.

Mai Lai Massacre

Mar 16, 1968

This is when our army killed over 500 unarmed villagers.

Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

Aug 28, 1968

These were riots that started because of the assassination of MLK that was live on TV.

Woodstock

Jul 15, 1969

This was when the 1960s rock festivals were held on a farm property in Bethel New York.

Chicago 8 Trial

Sep 24, 1969

this is when jurors acquitted all defendants on the conspiracy charge while finding the five defendants charged with having an intent to incite a riot while crossing state lines guilty.

Kent State Protest

May 4, 1970

this was when college kids protested and the National Guard took action and shot 4 kids.

Roe vs. Wade

Jan 22, 1973

this was the day when rose and wade go at it in the court room.

The Beatles Break Up

Dec 29, 1974

this was the day when we found out McCartney was leaving the group.