60s Era Timeline

  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder
    A bombing campaign in the Vietnam War.
  • Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)

    Nixon-Kennedy Debates (1st on Television)
    It was the first of four great debates between them.
  • The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
    Presidant JFK was assassinated while riding in a motor aid in Texas. Because he was the presidant.
  • The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show

    The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show
    It changed the Ed Sullivan Show. They performed multiply songs.
  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
    Gave approval of the Vietnam War.
  • March on the Pentagon

    March on the Pentagon
    Demonstraters went to Washington D.C to confront the war makers. It was the first war protest to take civil actions.
  • Mai Lai Massacre

    Mai Lai Massacre
    During the Vietnam War, a company of American soldiers brutally killed the majority of the population of the South Vietnamese.
  • Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

    Riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention
    Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy's brother, Bobby, had just been assassinated. Police arrested over 500 people in clashes that injured more than 100 police and 100 demonstrators.
  • Chicago 8 Trial

    Chicago 8 Trial
    The trial for eight antiwar activists charged with the responsibility for the violent demonstrations in Chicago. Two of the eight were found guilty and spent 5 years in prison.
  • Woodstock

    Woodstock
    Woodstock is a musical festival and it changed our world where all the hippies came together. It demonstrates how a generation could be heard.
  • Newport Jazz Festival

    Newport Jazz Festival
    There was many dates of the Jazz festival. Many shows and people played there.
  • Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    Apollo 11 Moon Landing
    This was part of the moon race. Us Americans were the first people on the moon.
  • The Beatles Break Up

    The Beatles Break Up
    The beatles break up because of Yoko. Paul McCartney was the one to announce the break up.
  • Kent State Protest

    Kent State Protest
    Members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State Unervisity demonstraters. The deadliest campus protest.
  • Roe vs. Wade

    Roe vs. Wade
    It was brought up because a single pregnant women wanted an abortion. It was not passed until 73 that you could get an abortion.