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Estimated time that Forrest was born. He was named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, founder of the KKK
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While stating at the "Gump Inn," Elvis Presley is influenced by Forrest's dance moves that he gets from his braced legs.
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Forrest is present during the racial integration of the University of Alabama, which was protested by Governor George Wallace and enforced by military intervention
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Shortly after meeting Gump and the All American Football Team, President John F. Kennedy was shot in the head during a parade in Dallas Texas
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Forrest is sent across the world to fight and contain Communism in the Vietnam War. The war is considered one of the greatest losses in US history.
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Forrest gets wrapped up in the protests against the Vietnam War while in Washington D.C. and unintentionally makes an impromptu speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
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Senator Robert Kennedy is assassinated shortly after his brother, JFK
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Forrest becomes involved in Ping Pong Diplomacy, in which the US improved diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China through the hosting of international table tennis matches.
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Forrest supposably discovers and accidentally uncovers the Watergate scandal in which president Nixon was involved in infiltrating and bugging the democratic headquarters in the Watergate building.
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Hurricane Carmen sweeps the Gulf of Mexico, destroying every shrimp boat except for Forrest's
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Lutinent Dan invests Forrest's shrimp money in Apple Stock and he "never has to worry about money again"
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John Lennon is shot and killed a while after meeting Gump on a talk show and being influenced by Gump's stories of Vietnam.
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Jenny Gump dies of a "mystery virus" which we now understand to be HIV because of her history of sex and drug exploitation as well as its tragic prevalence at the time.
