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Forrest Gump Timeline

By CKEternity80
  • Forrest Dancing with Elvis

    Forrest Dancing with Elvis

    Forrest danced with Elvis
  • Elvis released "Hound Dog"

    Elvis released "Hound Dog"

    Presley released his popular song, "Hound Dog"
  • Desegregation of the University of Alabama

    Desegregation of the University of Alabama

    This is when the University of Alabama stopped segregation.
  • Kennedy Assasination

    Kennedy Assasination

    President Kennedy was shot and killed in Parkland, Texas.
  • Forrest Enters The Vietnam War

    Forrest Enters The Vietnam War

    Forrest was inlisted into the war.
  • Forrest Saves the Members of his Platoon

    Forrest Saves the Members of his Platoon

    After being ambushed, Forrest saves all of his platoon.
  • Forrest discovers ping pong

    Forrest discovers ping pong

    While recovering after saving his platoon, Forrest discovers ping pong.
  • Bobby Kennedy Assasinated

    Bobby Kennedy Assasinated

    Bobby Kennedy Assasination
  • Forrest gets the Medal of Honor from LBJ

    Forrest gets the Medal of Honor from LBJ

    For serving and being injured, he got the Medal of Honor
  • United States lands on the moon

    United States lands on the moon

    When Americans first made it to the moon.
  • John Lennon's "Imagine" released

    John Lennon's "Imagine" released

  • U.S. Ping Pong team goes to China

    U.S. Ping Pong team goes to China

    Forrest goes to China
  • Lennon's first appearance on the Dick Cavett Show

    Lennon's first appearance on the Dick Cavett Show

  • Forrest and Ltn. Dan Celebrate New Years

    Forrest and Ltn. Dan Celebrate New Years

  • George Wallace Shot

    George Wallace Shot

    George Wallace Assasination
  • Forrest Meets Nixon

    Forrest Meets Nixon

    Watergate also happened here
  • Hurricane Carmen

    Hurricane Carmen

  • Birth of Bubba Gump Shrimp Co

    Birth of Bubba Gump Shrimp Co

  • Nixon's Resignation

    Nixon's Resignation

    Nixon resigns
  • Forrest Starts running

    Forrest Starts running

  • Forrest get a call that his mother is sick

    Forrest get a call that his mother is sick

    President Ford's attempted assasination
  • Forrest stops running

    Forrest stops running

    The day he stopped running.
  • Apple goes Public

    Apple goes Public

  • First known outbreak of AIDS

    First known outbreak of AIDS

  • Forrest Receives a Letter From Jenny

    Forrest Receives a Letter From Jenny

    This is also the day Reagan was shot.
  • Jenny Dies

    Jenny Dies