60s Era Timeline

  • Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television

    Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television
    It was the first presidential debate between President Nixon and John F. Kennedy in Chicago, Illinois.
  • The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
    President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas, while riding in the back of a motorcade with his wife. JFK was pronounced dead at 12:30 pm.
  • The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show

    The Beatles Appear for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show
    Their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show was known as one of the best moments in pop history, then they went on to go out on stage three more times.
  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
    gave President Lyndon Johnson authority to increase U.S. involvement in the war between North and South Vietnam
  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder
    Navy aircraft bomb military, industrial, and infrastructure targets throughout North Vietnam.
  • Woodstock

    Woodstock
    The festaville was only supposed to go on for three days but due to bad weather and bad traffic jams, causing delays in performing making them have to play later and carry on to the next day
  • March on the Pentagon

    March on the Pentagon
    The march on the Pentagon was a massive demonstration against the Vietnam War, wich caused bad injury and and many people going to jail.
  • Mai Lai Massacre

    Mai Lai Massacre
    Involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians in Sơn Mỹ village
  • Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

    Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
    Democratic National Convention protests were a series of protests against the United States
  • Chicago 8 Trial

    Chicago 8 Trial
    The trial took place in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • Kent State Protest

    Kent State Protest
    The members of the Ohio State Guard fired shots into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators , wounding nine Kent State student and and killing four Kent state students
  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade
    constitutional right to abortion, based on the right to privacy implied in the Fourteenth Amendment
  • The Beatles Break Up

    The Beatles Break Up
    There was a lot of tension between bandmates, causing the band to split their own ways.