Forrest Gump timeline of events By crews13 Jan 1, 1952 forrest hip dancing with Elvis Mar 13, 1956 elvis presleys houndog released Mar 13, 1963 all american team meets JFK Jun 11, 1963 Desegregation of the university of Alabama Nov 22, 1963 jfk assassinated Jan 1, 1966 forrest enters the Vietnam war Jan 1, 1967 forrest saves the members of his platoon Jan 1, 1968 Forrest discovers ping pong Jul 1, 1968 forrest recieves medal of honor Jul 20, 1969 America first lands on the moon Apr 6, 1971 forrest goes to china Sep 9, 1971 john lennon song imagine is realeased Sep 11, 1971 John lennon first appeared on dick cavvets show Jun 17, 1972 date of the watergate break in Mar 1, 1974 bubba gump shrimp company formed Aug 9, 1974 Nixons resignation Sep 7, 1974 date of hurricane carmen Oct 1, 1975 forrest starts running Apr 24, 1980 first known aids outbreak Dec 12, 1980 apple computer goes public Mar 30, 1981 forrest recieves jennys letter Mar 22, 1982 jenny dies
