Forrest Gump Timeline

Forrest Gump dancing with Elvis

Jan 1, 1952

Elvis Presley "Hound Dog" released

Jul 13, 1956

1963 All-American Team meets President John F. Kennedy

Mar 1, 1963

Desegregation of University of Alabama

Jun 11, 1963

President Kennedy is assassinated

Nov 22, 1963

Forrest enters the Vietnam War

Jan 1, 1966

Forrest saves the members of his platoon in battle

Jan 1, 1967

Forrest discovers ping-pong

Jan 1, 1968

Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy was assassinated

Jun 6, 1968

Forrest receives Medal of Honor and meets President Lyndon B. Johnson

Jul 1, 1968

United Sates lands on the moon

Jul 20, 1969

Forrest goes to china

Apr 10, 1971

John Lennon's song, "imagine" is released

May 1, 1971

John Lennon's first appearance on the Dick Cavett Talk show

Sep 11, 1971

Forrest & Lt. Dan celebrate New Years Eve in New York City

Dec 31, 1971

George Wallace was shot

May 15, 1972

Forrest meets President Nixon

May 26, 1972

Birth of the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

Mar 1, 1974

Nixon's resignation

Aug 8, 1974

Hurricane Carmen struck Louisiana

Sep 9, 1974

Forrest gets the call that his mother is sick

Sep 5, 1975

also the date of the attempted assassination of President Ford by "Squeaky" Fromme

Forrest starts running

Oct 1, 1979

First known outbreak of AIDS

Apr 24, 1980

Ken Horne is the first AIDS case in the United States to be recognized at the time, is reported to the Center for Disease Control.

Lieutenant Dan could have invested Forrest's money in Apple computer.

Dec 12, 1980

First date Apple went "public".

Forrest receives jenny's letter

Mar 30, 1981

The day Forrest stopped running

Dec 15, 1981

Jenny dies

Mar 22, 1982