Forrest Gump - Living History Timeline(JuniorDorville)

  • V-J Day

    V-J Day
    The day when the United State had victory over Japan hints V-J Day.
  • Begining of A Cold War

    Begining of A Cold War
    After the world war two conflict began to a rose between Russia and the United States soon to be known as the Cold War.
  • Korean War: Cold war

    Korean War: Cold war
    Cold war conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces on Korean Peninsula. North Korean communists invade South Korea. Later the United States would come the end result is now a divided nation.
  • Emmett Till

    Emmett Till
    Emmentt Till an african american boy who was hanged for allegedly whistling at a white woman.
  • Hungarian Revolution

    Hungarian Revolution
    The people of Hungary and the rest of Eastern Europe were ruled over with a rod of iron by Communist Russia and anybody who challenged the rule of Stalin and Russia paid the price. In other words nothing change from the action they took action from.
  • Bus boycott of Montgomery

    Bus boycott of Montgomery
    Lasted for over a year , until the buses were desegragated on Dec. 21 , 1956. Newly elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) , Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. is instrumental in leading the botcott.
  • Little Rock Nine(Figure ground of reality)

    Little Rock Nine(Figure ground of reality)
    Formerly All-white Cental High School learnts tha integration is easier said than done. Nine black students are blocked from entering the school on the orders of Governor Orval Faubus. President Eisenhower sends federal troops and the National Guard to intervene on behalf of the students.
  • The Bay Of Pigs Invasion

    The Bay Of Pigs Invasion
    The Bay of Pigs invasion begins when a trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro. The attack was an total failure without the air strike of the United States.
  • The REAL Freedom Riders

    The REAL Freedom Riders
    A group of college students travel the United States test the limits of segregation.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    Russia and the United States were very close to a nuclear war in the ocean.
  • Assassination of John F. Kennedy

     Assassination of John F. Kennedy
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment
    The 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax, which use to restrict the 11 southern states.
  • A HATE Crime by the Klu Klux Klan

    A HATE Crime by the Klu Klux Klan
    Register black voters in Mississippi , and on June 21 , had gone to investigate the burning of a black church. They were arrested then released into the hands of the KKK who murdered them .
  • Ratification Of TheTwenty-Fifth Amendment

    Ratification Of TheTwenty-Fifth Amendment
    The 25th amendment was ratified July 6th 1965.
  • Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

    Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
    Martin was shot and killed outside his hotel in Memphis , TN.
  • Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

    Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
    Robert Kennedy died at the age of 24 6 June 1968.
  • The Watergate Cover up Scandel

    The Watergate Cover up Scandel
    A major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. Also from this scandal came the idea of "Ben 10" an cartoon show secrect force pumbers.
  • Mac was Born

    Mac was Born
    Steve Jobs invented the first apple computers.
  • Death of A Beatle(John Lennon's Murder)

    Death of A Beatle(John Lennon's Murder)
    On the night of December 8 1980 of New York City John Lennon was shot and killed outside his apartment. His murder was a named fan Mark David Chapman who shot him at close range killing an legend.
  • Near Death of Ronald Reagan

    Near Death of Ronald Reagan
    After leaving a speaking Reagan was shot and wounded.
  • HIV/ AIDS Outbreak

    HIV/ AIDS Outbreak
    The disease that attack's our immune system broke out in the early 80s and late 90s.