-
-
Forest was asked to join the Vietnam War. This war was the second renaissance with America. During this war is when Forest meets his real good friend Bubba.
-
President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas during a motorcade ride. Kennedy had been preparing for his re-election. He was shot in the head at precisely 12:30.
-
He was the 36th President of the United States of America. His goal was to build a great society for America.
-
Nike wanted to create a worldwide manufacturer of footwear.
-
Kennedy served as a politician in Massachusetts. He also served as the senator of New York until his death in 1968.
-
In this election, Nixon was against Humphrey. A big part in this election was foreign policies. Nixon promised to bring peace with Vietnam. This election was very close, Nixon won the vote by less than 500,000 votes.
-
The first moon landing was the Apollo 11. President Kennedy wanted a man on the moon before the end of the decade. After going around the orbit for a day and a half the ship landed on the moon.
-
Manson was charged with first degree murder for the deaths of several people. He was given a life sentence in jail.
-
Wallace was the governor of Alabama. He was shot by Arthur Bremer several times in Maryland while campaigning for the Democratic Party for the upcoming presidential election.
-
Burglars were arrested for breaking into the DNC office of the Watergate tower in Washington DC. Turns out the robbers were a part of Nixon's re-election campaigning group.
-
After the Watergate scandal and almost causing him to be impeached, Nixon announced that he was resigning from office to heal.
-
This hurricane was one of the most intense storms in the season. It came off of the coast of Africa. It lasted until September 10, 1974.
-
President Ford was attempted at assassination twice. The first time was in California when Ford walked across to meet the governor of California but luckily secret service agents stopped them.
-
The point of the Apple Inc. being invented was to sell personal computers to everyday people. Forest receives a letter in the mail from Apple.
-
This attempt of assassination occurred only 69 days after being elected for president. He had just finished a meeting and was walking toward his limousine when he was shot in the chest, but he survived it.
-
-
The first successful space shuttle was named Columbia. It was exactly 20 years after the first man on the moon event occurred.
-
Jenny in Forest Gump dies from this "mystery" virus. It is most likely to have been HIV / AIDS. Scientists didn't discover HIV until 1893.
-
Forest Gump named this shrimp business after his best good friend in the war Bubba. Bubba was a shrimp fisherman and loved his shrimp. Forest promised Bubba right before he died that he would invest in a shrimp business. Bubba Gump today has 43 locations across America. The business was created inspired by the movie Forest Gump.
