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A music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
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1st televised debate in US history
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35th US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX
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The Beatles' debut appearance on US television.
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A joint resolution to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia.
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Was a frequently interrupted bombing campaign that began on 24 February 1965 and lasted until the end of October 1968.
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Antiwar activists marching to the Pentagon to protest the war in Vietnam.
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Was the Vietnam War mass murder of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam.
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Tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battled police in the streets while the Democratic Party was falling apart over an internal disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam.
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The first moon landing in history.
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A music festival billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music".
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The trial of eight people charged with conspiring to incite the riots that erupted during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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The break-up was a process lasting from 1969-70, and became official when Paul McCartney announced he was leaving the group.
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A protest at Kent State that ended with the Ohio National Guard shooting unarmed college students.
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A landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion.
