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Forrest teaches Elvis
Elvis stays at Forrest's house and lays the guitar while Forrest does a funky dance move. -
plays football at Alabama University
Footballer under Bear Bryant -
Sees Little Rocks Intergration
Little Rock sends in the first nine black students to ever go to school alongside white kids. -
John F Kennedy
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was shot on November 22. He was riding in his car through a crowd, he was shot in the back of the head. -
Black Panthers meet Forrest
Black Panther Party assembled under Malcolm X, created the party in order to protect minority communities against the U.S. government. The Black Panther Party fought for a great social change in the U.S. -
Forrest fights in the Vietnam War
He stationed near a jungle which is also the place he loses Buba. -
Jenny and the Hippies
The Hippie Movement- originally started for people to escape the social constructs that were placed on them. They would protest to show that they were frustrated they were with what was wrong in the world. -
The Man Lands on the Moon
America makes history by landing the first man on the moon. -
Forrest plays China
The ping pong diplomacy was american and chinese ping pong players who paved the way for america and china to talk. -
Forrest Gump see the watergate scandal
The Watergate Scandal was a political scandal between the democrats and republicans. A group of people working for Nixon had hacked the democrats informational base. The public and press had soon found out, which soon led to Nixon's resignation. -
Hurricane Carmen
Hurricane Carmen was the most intense hurricane of the1974. A destructive and widespread storm. -
Forrest runs
Forrest runs across the country because he just wants to run.
