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Forrest Gump Timeline

By mdbb7402
  • Hurricane Carmen hits the southern parts of the US
    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
  • Forrest Gump meets John Lennon
    1971 BCE

    Forrest Gump meets John Lennon

  • Moon landing shown on TV
    1969 BCE

    Moon landing shown on TV

    Neil Armstrong lands on the moon. Was very popular and broadcasted widely across television.
  • Forrest meets hippie group and Black Panthers group
    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.
  • Forrest Gump joins the Vietnam War
    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
  • Lieutenant Dan's family was in every war in US history; Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War 1, World War 2, and Vietnam War
    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.
  • Forrest meets JFK
    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
  • Forrest was there when George Wallace tried to stop a black couple from entering the college of Alabama
    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

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJslCsekjIg