Forrest Gump Timeline

Forrest Hip Dancing with Elvis

Jan 1, 1952

Dancing with Elvis

Hound Dog

1952

Elvis releases "Hound Dog"

1963 All-American Team meets President John F. Kennedy

1963

Meet JFK

Desegregation of University of Alabama

Jun 10, 1963

JFK Assassinated

Nov 22, 1963

JFK is murdered

Forrest enters the Vietnam War

Jan 1, 1966

Entering Vietnam War

Forrest Saves the Members of his Platoon in Battle

Jan 1, 1967

Forrest discovers ping-pong

Jan 1, 1968

Discovering Ping Pong

Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated

Jun 6, 1968

Forrest receives Medal of Honor

Jul 1, 1968

Meets Lyndon B. Johnson

Forrest and Lt. Dan Celebrate New Years Eve

Dec 31, 1968

Moon Landing

Jul 20, 1969

United States lands on Moon

"Imagine" is released

Jan 19, 1971

John Lennon

Forrest goes to China

Apr 10, 1971

John Lenon’s first appearance

Sep 11, 1971

George Wallace Shot

May 15, 1972

Forrest Meets Nixon

Jun 17, 1972

Birth of the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

Mar 1, 1974

Bubba Gump Shrimp Company is made

Date of Nixon’s resignation

Aug 8, 1974

Hurricane Carmen struck Louisiana

Sep 9, 1974

Forrest's Mother is Sick

Sep 5, 1975

Forrest starts running

Sep 17, 1979

Forrest Stops Running

Dec 15, 1979

First AIDS Case

1980

First reported case of AIDS

Dan and Apple Computer

Dec 12, 1980

Forrest Receives Jenny's Letter

Mar 10, 1981

Jenny Dies

Mar 22, 1982

Jenny dies