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Elvis Presley
He sang jail house rock as one of his top albums. His career sky rocketed from this event onward. In the movie forrest gump dances to Aint nothing but a houng dog/ -
Desegregation in schools
Three black students wanted to attend the University of Alabama. The president ended the segregation of schools allowing them to do so, The govenor of Alabama at that time stood outside the school in protest. -
American football team meets president Kennedy
in the movie American football team meets president Kennedy. President kennedy meet many sports teams that were declared. All American and so did many presidents after him. -
President Kennedy Assasination
The president was assinated in Dallas Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. The assasination of the president was a tramendouse disturbance to the American people as it was teh first in many Americans life times. The man who assasinated him was killed by Jack Ruby before his trial. -
The black panther party
A group that believed in equal rights. They belived that the rights were for both whites and African Americans. The group started in 1966-1982 -
Vietnam War
This war began in the year 1955 and didn't end until 1975. Many young men were sent to fight in this war and many didn't reaturn home. Forrest joins the army straight out of highschool and is deployed to vietnam where his very good friend died. -
Robert F Kennedy Assasination
This happened right after his brother Robert Kennedy the president of the united states was assasinated.This happened right after the brother of Robert Kennedy the president of the united states was assasinated. Forrest mentions this event right after mentioning the death of president Kennedy. -
Watergate Scandal and Nixons resignation
This involved a break into the Democratic National Commities headquarters at the Washington Complex in Washington D.C. After extensive investigation the president at the time Nixon was found to have knowledge of the Scandal. After this event The president resigned, In the film Forrest witnesses the break in. -
Forrest mentions this event right after mentioning the death of president Kennedy.
Ping pong diplomacy comes from the event when an American table tennis table player named Glenn Cowan missed his bus and had to ride with the Chinese team and he talked with them. American governmant agreed to use the ping pong team for foriegn affairs by playing against the chinese team. American governmant agreed to use the ping pong team for foriegn affairs by playing against the chinese team. -
Hurricane Carmen
This huricane was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 1974 atlantic hurricane season. During its distruction the huricane destroyed much of the coast. In the film this hurican came while Forrest was on his shrimping boat and it greatly helped his shrimping buisness making him a millionare. -
Apple computers
Apple computers were created 1975. They were founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. In the year apple computers were first invented in the form of video terminal the could log on to the minicomputers at Call computer -
John Lennon interview
Lennon a famous beattles singer was shot on this date and killed by Mark David Chapman. Lennons criticism was so harsh against the Nixon administration that they tryed to have him deported back to England so that he wouldn't cause any morre trouble. In the film Forrest is interviewed along side Lennon in a TV interview before Lennon was killed.