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The dance becomes revolutionary and Elvis would become one of the first media celebrities.
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The governor of Alabama, George Wallace, attempted to prevent a two black students from entering the University of Alabama until federal troops were called to escort them into the university.
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This is the first time president John F. Kennedy is shown. Kennedy would become a major figure in the movie and history.
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John F. Kennedy would be shot in Dallas, Texas in one of the most famous and controversial assassination of a president ever.
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Forrest would be drafted into the Vietnam which was a major war in the United States dealing with the Cold War era.
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Forrest experiences the death of John F. Kennedy's brother Robert Kennedy.
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Forrest watches America become the first nation on the moon. America beat Russia in getting on the moon first in the space race.
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Jenny begins to follow the hippie lifestyle during the 1960s. The hippie counterculture promoted the idea of world peace.
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Jenny takes Forrest to a Black Panther Meeting. The Black Panthers original purpose was to fight discrimination.
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Nike Inc. originally came to be in 1971 but Jenny bought Forrest a pair of Nike's at an unknown date in the movie.
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Forrest joins America's national ping pong team and gets a chance to play in China.
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Forrest meets Nixon and later witnesses the Watergate Scandal. The Watergate Scandal would result in Nixon later resigning for his presidency.
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Forrest appears on the Dick Cavett Show with John Lennon. John Lennon was part of one of the most famous bands, The Beatles, and also became a famous singer.
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Forrest experienced one of the most intense hurricanes in American history while shrimping
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Forrest experiences Nixon resigning from office after almost facing certain impeachment from the Watergate scandal.
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Forrest invests in the Apple Company and becomes rich from this.
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Jimmy Carter collapses at a Maryland Road Race. With many in fear of a heart attack, doctors later diagnosed Carter with heat exhaustion and he was perfectly normal after.
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Forrest mention the assassination of john Lennon shortly after meeting him.
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Forrest experiences the failed attempt assassination of Ronald Reagan.
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Lieutenant Dan mentions the Space shuttle when talking about his new prosthetic legs.
