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Elvis was hugely popular during Forrest's lifetime and in the movie he stays at Forrest's motel and learns how to dance from him.
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President Kennedy's assassination was recognized as a major tragedy to pretty much every American
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The Vietnam war was a major social issue in the 60s and 70s because of the lack of necessity and the number of casualties
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Ping pong nationalism brought differing countries together because they were able to share common ground.
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The moon landing was significant because of the space race that preceded it.
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John lennon and Beatlemania were significant in the 1960s and 70s because there was a huge craze for their music and appearance.
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Nixon resigns before his impeachment as a result of the Watergate Scandal
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Jenny, Forrest's lifelong love dies from AIDS or auto immune deficiency which there was a huge epidemic from the 60s-80s
