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Forrest Gump Historical Timeline

By PasleyF
  • Elvis Presley

    Elvis Presley

    "King of Rock and Roll" Elvis transitioned music into the age of rock n' roll, he made it more about performing and less about recording.
    Music career began in Memphis, Tn in 1954 until his death in 1977.
  • Segregated Buses

    Segregated Buses

    Truman's executive order ended military segregation on buses in 1946. The Montgomery Bus Boycott from 1955-1956 was a catalyst for the Civil Rights movement and ending Jim Crow Laws segregation.
  • President John F. Kennedy

    President John F. Kennedy

    JFK's legacy includes a speech in Berlin, the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and working toward Civil Rights legislation before his assassination on November 22,1963
  • Napalm

    Napalm

    Napalm and Agent Orange were both used to kill forests by burning and poisoning. Agent Orange is known to have lasting effects on people such as cancer, birth defects, etc.
  • George Wallace

    George Wallace

    He famously said, "segregation now, tomorrow, & forever", He was willing to challenge JFK & keep Alabama segregated. He stood in front of the doors at the University of Alabama to block entry of two African American students.
  • Black Panthers

    Black Panthers

    The Panthers were a militant socialist group established by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in 1965. Their goals were the overthrow of the government and separation of the races.
  • President Richard Nixon

    President Richard Nixon

    Nixon's foreign policy is generally seen as positive. He improved relations with the Soviets and the Chinese while getting the U.S. out of Vietnam.
  • The Space Race

    The Space Race

    Since the launching of Sputnik in 1958, the Soviets had beaten the Americans to many space-race milestones. The lunar landing was a huge victory for the Americans.
  • Bob Hope

    Bob Hope

    In 1970 and 1971, NBC filmed live broadcasts from Vietnam of Bob Hope and others in front of U.S. troops. This was an effort to boost troop morale.
  • Apple Computers

    Apple Computers

    Apple is a successful tech company. Apple I (1976), Apple II (1977), Apple III (1980) were all computers. Disk II (1978) was a computer drive. Apple Silentype (1979) was a printer.
  • AIDS

    AIDS

    AIDS stands for Autoimmune Deficiency Syndrome. AIDS describes the symptoms of HIV, which is the virus (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
  • President Ronald Reagan

    President Ronald Reagan

    His legacy revolves around ending the Cold War and Reaganomics (trickle-down-economics) as a economic policy.

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