Forrest Gump

George Wallace

Sep 9, 1963

George Wallace was the governor of alabama at the time when segregation was still around. Most of the schools at that point was allowing anyone to go to school and get a good education, but George Wallace didn't want that. He tried to block 4 black kids from entering schools, the president had to sen the national gaurd just to let the kids in.
“George C. Wallace.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 28 Apr. 2017,
https://www.biography.com/people/george-wallace-9522367

JFK's Assassination

Nov 22, 1963

JFK was in the motorcade and he was shot from a unknown assailant at the time. He was taken from Texas without approval to Washington for a biopsy. Lee Harvey Oswald was then accused of murdering the president. Later Oswald was killed coming out of the the Texas police center.
“November 22, 1963: Death of the President.” John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/November-22-1963-Death-of-the-President.aspx.

Hippie Culture

1965

https://youtu.be/W4ga_M5Zdn4 This was a movement where people who didn't want to be the typical person could be different. This movement brought along a new wave of people who didn't want the war to be happening, it gave them a voice. These also brought along a lot of diseases to because people would just go to communities where that was accepted. 8 Aug. 2017,http://all-that-is-interesting.com/a-brief-history-of-hippies

Moon Landing

Jul 20, 1969

This was when we were in the cold war and were racing to to be the first on the moon. Buzz Aldrin was the first man on the moon after a successful landing. The astronauts wanted the program to get even better and they had high hopes of going on future missions.
Dunbar, Brian. “July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap For Mankind.” NASA, NASA, 19 Feb. 2015, www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11.html.

Watregate Scandel

Jun 17, 1972

The Watergate scandal happened when Nixon was in office. The scandal was in the tapes because Nixon recorded everyone in his office. when the investigation was going on they ordered the tapes and got them. Nixon then took 18minutes and never gave to the investigation. Instead of helping resolve this issue he just resigned to save himself.
The Washington Post, WP Company, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/watergate/timeline.html.

Disco

1973

https://youtu.be/O5CXbIWYS3c
The disco era was very interesting because the people didn't know what to think of the new music that started to be played at clubs. The clubs that people went to was in a way like hippie sort of culture. The music industry then realized that songs that were in the club could become mainstream and be a real hit.
“Boogie Nights and the Beginning of Disco.”, Vanity Fair, 31 Jan. 2015, www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/02/oral-history-of-disco-201002.

Hurricane Carmen

1974

Carmen was a category 4 hurricane that devestaed the Atlanic. The storm cost $164 million in damages. Th ename was then retired because of how much damage this caused.
“Hurricane Carmen - Forrest Gump.” Google Sites, sites.google.com/site/forestgumpapush/home/hurricane-carmen.

Vietnam War

Apr 30, 1975

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The Vietnam War is the war where America lost. This was when the draft started to be a controversial thing because not everybody agreed with the war at the time. We lost over 58,000 americans in this war. The U.S. was so against communism that we were going after countries that we thought were close to falling underneath communism.
“Vietnam War.” 2009, www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history.

Apple

1976

In the movie Forrest said that they invested his money and they became millionaires. Apple was just beginning as a company and they just released the Apple 1. Apple started out in a garage and became a huge business after some hardships.
Rawlinson, Nik. “Apple was 41 years old in April, here's some history.” Macworld UK, 25 Apr. 2017, www.macworld.co.uk/feature/apple/history-of-apple-steve-jobs-mac-3606104/.

Aids Epidemic www.cnn.com/2016/04/14/health/aids-atlanta-emory-university-the-80s/index.html.

1980

http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/06/09/exp-aids-crisis-andrew-sullivan-intv-ac.cnn
The AIDS virus was scary back then people were dying and no one knew why and the doctors couldn't help them. At first people thought that it was only happening with gay men but that change when straight people got the disease too. People were have rumors and nobody truly knew how or why that AIDS was so bad but after some education they knew how it was transmitted and how to greatly reduce the risk by protection.