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Newport Jazz Festival
an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held in Newport Rhode Island and later in New York City from 1954 until the present -
Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
The first presidential debate between Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy occurred on Monday, September 26, 1960, at a TV studio in Chicago Illinois. -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
A joint resolution passed by the U.S. Congress in 1964. It authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to use military force in Southeast Asia without a formal declaration of war. -
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
On November 22, 1963, at 12:30 pm President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas Texas while riding in a motorcade with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and his wife, Nelly Connally. -
The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
Sixty years ago, on February 9, 1964, four Liverpool men took to the stage for their first televised performance in America forever altering the course of music history. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States. -
March on the Pentagon
The March on the Pentagon was a significant anti-Vietnam War protest held on October 21 1967 in Washington D.C. The first national protest against the war. The demonstrators helped the federal government confirm its commitment to civilian control. -
Mai Lai Massacre
The My Lai massacre was a United States war crime committed on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians -
Woodstock
A three day music festival held in Bethel, New York, from August 15-18, 1969. This was a pivotal moment in the counterculture movement of the 1960s, drawing an estimated half million attendees. -
Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
This was a riot that led to the police breaking through the crowd and began beating the young man, while the crowd pelted the police with food, rocks, and chunks of concrete. -
Chicago 8 Trial
A riot breaks out during the Democratic National Convention of 1968. A group of eight men are arrested and put on trial for conspiring to incite the riot. -
Kent State Protest
The Kent State shootings were the killing of four and wounding of nine unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on the Kent State University campus. -
The Beatles Break Up
The Beatles broke up in 1970 with Paul McCartney publicly announcing his departure on April 10 1970 effectively ending the band's public activity. -
Roe vs. Wade
A Supreme Court case established a constitutional right to abortion in the United States based on the principle of privacy.