• Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)

    The first televised presidential debates
  • The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, during a parade by Lee Harvey Oswald.
  • The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show

    The first time the beatles apperaed on Tv
  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    When Congress gave LBJ permission to do what he felt necessary in Vietnam
  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    A bombing raid of North Vietnam that was supposed to be short but ended up being 3 years long.
  • March on the Pentagon

    One of many protest to protest the vietnam war.
  • Mai Lai Massacre

    When American soldiers killed innocent civilians
  • Newport Jazz Festival

  • Woodstock

    music festival that took place in Bethel, New York, in 1969
  • The Beatles Break Up

    The famous rock band broke up
  • Kent State Protest

    A peaceful protest on the Vietnam War that led to 4 teenagers being killed.
  • Roe vs. Wade

    makes abortion legal