1950-1990 Forrest Gump Project

McCarthyism

Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Dec 31, 1956

Practice of making accusations of disloyaty without there being evidence. Created by Joseph Mcarthy.

Korean War Begins

Jun 25, 1950

End Of Korean War

Jul 27, 1953

Playboy

Oct 1, 1953

Founded by Hugh Hefner and his associates.

Play Magazine

Dec 1, 1953

First Issue Of Playboy Magazine This Month.

Vietnamese Forces Occupy French Command Post

May 7, 1954

Located In Dah Bien Phu, the battle lasted 55 days until the French ceased fire.

Integration Of White And Colored Schools

May 17, 1954

The Supreme Court issued it's Brown v. Board of Education, causing schools to desegregate all over the nation.

Beginning Of Vietnam War

Nov 1, 1955

Rosa Parks Arrested

Dec 1, 1955

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Dec 1, 1955

Social Protest Campaign against bus segragation

Little Rock Nine

Sep 1, 1957

NAACP registers 9 colored students into Little Rock Central High School. The Students Began School This Month.

Ku Klux Klan Formed

Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Dec 31, 1960

Berlin Wall

Aug 13, 1961

Erected to keep East Germans from fleeing to the west

American Helicopters arrive at docks in South Vietnam

Dec 11, 1961

Combat Against Vietnam

Jan 12, 1962

America's first combat missions against Vietnam

JFK Assassination

Nov 22, 1963

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas by a sniper.

Saigon

Jan 30, 1964

General Nguyen Khanh seizes power in Saigon

Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution

Aug 7, 1964

U.S. Congress gives President Johnson power to take any action in order to defend southeast Asia

Hippies Protest Vietnam War

Period: Jan 1, 1965 to Dec 31, 1975

Malcom X Assassination

Feb 21, 1965

Malcom X was assassinated in New York before an address of his.

Battle Of Ia Drang Valley

Nov 14, 1965

Won By United States In Vietnam War.

B-52s Bomb North Vietnam

Apr 12, 1966

Black Panther

Oct 15, 1966

Black Panther was founded by Huey Newton And Bobby Seale

Operation Cedar Falls Launches

Jan 8, 1967

Search and destroy mission created by United states to eradicate the "iron triangle"

The Tet Offensive

Jan 31, 1968

The Vietcong Scores Psychological Victory

Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination

Apr 4, 1968

Martin was assassinated in Memphis after his address in Mason Temple.

RFK Assassination

Jun 5, 1968

Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles, California by a man named Sirhan Sirhan.

I Have A Dream Speech

Aug 28, 1968

Speech given today by Martin Luther King Jr.

President Johnson Awards Medals Of Honor

Jan 16, 1969

Medals awarded to Clyde E. Lassen, Stephen W. Pless, Joe M. Jackson, and Drew D. Dix.

Apollo 11

Jul 20, 1969

First Aircraft to land on the moon with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

Woodstock Music & Art Fair

Aug 18, 1969

Hippie Festival.

Ping Pong Diplomacy

Apr 6, 1971

Improved US and Chinese Relations

Nixon Resignation

Aug 9, 1974

Nixon resigns after his loss in political support. He is also the first president to ever resign his presidency.

Hurricane Carmen

Aug 29, 1974

Hurricane strikes in most of southern US.

Gerald Ford Assassination Attempt

Sep 5, 1975

Attempted assassination on Gerald Ford

Apple Inc.

Apr 1, 1976

Apple founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne

Elvis Presley's Death

Aug 16, 1977

Elvis Presley died in Memphis, Tennesse from cardiac arrhythmia.

Nike

May 30, 1978

Blue Ribbon Sports officially becomes Nike Inc.

President Carter Heat Exhaustion

Oct 1, 1979

President Jimmy Carter collapses while running a six mile race.

John Lennon Assassination

Dec 8, 1980

John Lennon was assassinated by Mark David Chapman.

HIV First Clinically Observed

Jan 1, 1981

(No Exact Date Found)

Ronald Reagan Assasination Attempt

Mar 30, 1981

Assassination was attempted on Ronald Reagan, 69 days into presidency

Pope John Paul II Assassination Attempt

May 13, 1981

Vietnam War Memorial Established

Nov 13, 1982

Berlin Wall Collapse

Nov 9, 1989