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Nixon-Kennedy Debates
The Nixon-Kennedy Debates were some of the first presidential debates to be aired on television for the nation to view. -
The Kennedy Assassination
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas Texas while traveling in a motorcade downtown. -
The Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan show
The Beatles, a popular British band, came to America to give a televised performance that would change American culture and music history. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This resolution from Congress gave President Johnson full military control over Vietnam. -
Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder was a military operation where the US military went on a 3-year campaign of bombing northern Vietnamese territory. -
March on the Pentagon
The 1967 March on the Pentagon was a massive demonstration against the Vietnam War that took place on October 21, 1967. The event began with more than 100,000 protesters at a rally near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. -
Mai Lai Massacre
The Mai Lai massacre was a mass killing of 500 unarmed villagers by the US Army. -
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 prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The protests lasted approximately seven days, from August 23 to August 29, 1968, and drew an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 anti-war protesters in total. -
Newport Jazz Festival
The Newport Jazz Festival experimented with rock music by fusing it with jazz and soul. -
Woodstock
The festival has become widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history, as well as a defining event for the silent and baby boomer generations. -
Chicago 8 trial
The Chicago 8 trial began 13 months after the Chicago riots and gained large amounts of media attention. -
Kent State Protest
The Kent State protest was amongst the student body about the presence of National Guard troops on campus which would become violent resulting in several deaths and injuries. -
Roe vs. Wade
Roe v Wade was a Supreme Court case that overturned a Texas ban on abortion giving women federal rights on abortion. -
The Beatles Disband
The Beatles informally broke up after Paul McCartney released a statement stating he was no longer working with the group, and after several legal battles, the band dissolved on December 29, 1974