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Forrest's mother walks in on Forrest dancing in a room while Elvis plays guitar. This is when Forrest really begins moving around more in his leg braces.
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Forrest and his team meets President JFK. When he goes to the white house, Forrest drinks too many sodas. When he finally gets to talk to the president, all he says is "I gotta pee" .
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Governor George Wallace allows two African American students to enroll in the University of Alabama. We see Forrest Gump in the film trying to see what all the ruckus is about.
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President JFK is assassinated in Dallas, TX. This was mentioned in the movie after Forrest met JFK in person.
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Forrest graduates college and joins the army. During this war, he show exceptional skill in his endurance and gun crafting skills. He later saves multiple lives of fellow solders, even after being told not to by his superior.
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Forrest goes back into the line of fire to save his fellow soldiers. While he was ordered against it, Forrest knew not to leave any soldiers behind. He runs back into a war zone and singlehandedly pulls out injured men.
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Forrest learns to play ping-pong and entertains veterans with his skill. After getting shot, he spends time in a hospital in Vietnam where he learns how to play table tennis. He later ends up on the All-American team and plays in China.
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Robbert F Kennedy is assassinated.
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Forrest receives Medal of Honor for saving soldiers in the Vietnam war and meets President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Elvis Presley releases hit song, "Hound Dog". It is now labeled as one of the top selling singles of all time.
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The United States sends men to the moon for the first time in history.
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After Forrest makes the All- American ping-pong team, He accidentally inspires John Lennon's song "imagine"
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After Forrest makes the All-American ping-pong team, he makes it to China for a tournament.
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Forrest meets John Lennon for the first time on the show after inspiring the song "imagine"
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Forrest celebrates New Years Eve with Lt. Dan at a party in NYC.
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The All-American Ping pong team was welcomed to the white house to meet Richard Nixon.
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Forrest creates Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. after his best friend, Bubba, dies.
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Richard Nixon resigns from presidency.
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In the film, this hurricane resulted in a damage to the shrimping industry.
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His mother dies from cancer, and he turns over his shrimping business to Lieutenant Dan.
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Forrest runs for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours.
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Money from the shrimping business was invested into "some sort of fruit company" which could have been apple inc.
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The first AIDS case in the United States to be recognized at the time, is reported to the Center for Disease Control
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Forrest finally receives a letter back from Jenny.
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Jenny passes away from AIDS/HIV after relapsing and sharing a needle.
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After three years of running and a large news following, he suddenly stops, says he's tired, and goes home.
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George Wallace was shot.
