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1974 BCE
Hurricane Carmen hits the southern parts of the US
Hurricane hits when forrest and Dan are on shrimp boat. Lieutenant Dan enjoys it. -
Period: 1973 BCE to 1976 BCE
Jenny is in disco clubs using cocaine and heroin. The birth of disco and market of cocaine and heroin
Jenny started hanging around with a hippie group. She started a bad habit of doing drugs, she had no house, and she hitchhiked from state to state. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UfD4aKFhL0 -
1971 BCE
Forrest Gump meets John Lennon
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1969 BCE
Moon landing shown on TV
Neil Armstrong lands on the moon. Was very popular and broadcasted widely across television. -
1968 BCE
Forrest meets hippie group and Black Panthers group
Jenny brings Forrest back with hippie group and Black panthers. A guy hits Jenny and Forrest attacks the guy for what he did. The Black Panthers then make Forrest and Jenny leave. -
1967 BCE
Forrest Gump joins the Vietnam War
Forrest joins military. He meets Lieutenant Dan. He becomes very successful in the war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jt-bxV1gW0 -
1967 BCE
Lieutenant Dan's family was in every war in US history; Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War 1, World War 2, and Vietnam War
Lieutenant Dan feels like he should have died on the battlefield with honor. Instead Forrest goes back and save him. Dan is severely depressed and also loses his legs. -
1963 BCE
Forrest meets JFK
Forrest receives the Medal of Honor. JFK then asks Forrest where he was shot, Forrest then dropped his pants and shows where he got shot on the butt.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSEdBNslGOk -
1963 BCE
Forrest was there when George Wallace tried to stop a black couple from entering the college of Alabama
Around this time everything was still segregated and people were still racist. An African American woman is being treated wrongly and people are shouting mean stuff to her. She drops her book but Forrest runs out of the crowd just to pick it up for her. -
Forrest Gump invented Elvis Presley's dance, Elvis is on TV doing the same dance
