Forrest Gump Timeline Project from the 1950's to the 1990's - Nihaal Pawaskar
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Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll"
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JFK was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963 in Dealey Plaza, in Dallas, Texas
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Johnson signed the Rights Act on July 2nd 1964
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The Gulf of Tonkin resolution enacted August 10, 1964, was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
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Word Spreads of the United States bombing parts of Northern Vietnam, and the protest movement soon experiences a large growth in support as a result.
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North Vietnamese launched on January 30th 1968, by force of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese army against the South Vietnamese Army
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A confirmed racist and small-time criminal, Ray began plotting the assassination of revered civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in early 1968. He shot and killed King in Memphis on April 4, 1968
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Players between the United States and People's Republic of China (PRC) in the early 1970s. The event marked a thaw in Sino-American relations that paved the way to a visit to Beijing by President Richard Nixon.
