1960s timeline

  • Newport Jazz Festival

    Newport Jazz Festival
    The first Newport Jazz Festival
  • Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)

    Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
    Richard Nixon and JFK would have their first presidential debates
  • The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show

    The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
    The band the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan show
  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
    Congress passed golf of tonkin resolution
  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder
    Operation rolling thunder was under way
  • March on the Pentagon

    March on the Pentagon
    Thousands of anti war protesters marched at the capital in opposition in involvment of the vietnam war
  • Mai Lai Massacre

    Mai Lai Massacre
    Was a united states war crime
  • Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

    Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
    10,000 protesters gathered in Grant Park for the demonstration, intending to march to the International Amphitheatre where the convention was being held.
  • Woodstock

    Woodstock
    woodstock was a music and art fair
  • Kent State Protest

    Kent State Protest
    Vietnam war protestsers were protesting when the police let loose on them
  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade
    Roe vs Wade was a court issued case that was all around abortion rights
  • The Beatles Break Up

    The Beatles Break Up
    the beatles were not working as a group and they broke up
  • The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
    President JFK was shot and killed during a parade