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Forest Gump
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Cinderella
Famous animated film from Walt Disney Pictures -
The Credit Card
first bank Credit card appeared in New York's Franklin National Bank -
TOYS
Mr. Potato head first manufactured and sold by hasboro -
Color broadcast
Fisrt national color broadcast but most tv stayed in black and white for the next ten years -
McCarthyism
McCarthy hearings held by US Senate subcommittee find communist in America -
McDonalds
Mcdonalds resturant is made a corporation -
Indianapolis 500
Bob Sweikert wins Indianapolis 500 -
Emmit Till murder
14 yearold african american boy is murdered after reportedly flirting with a white woman -
civil rights
Montgomery bus boycott is sparked after Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus. -
Little Rock nine
Nine African Americans involved with desegergating Little Rock Central High School -
Vietnam War
Nationalist try to unify country under communist control -
BARBIE
The first Barbie is created by Ruth Handler in 1959. Around 350,00 Barbie dolls sold in the first year -
Hawaii
Hawaii is granted statehood. -
Nabisco
Chips Ahoy! makes its debut in 1963 and sole widely in the US -
November 22, 1963
John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas -
The Beatles
The Beatles come to America for the first time. -
GATORADE
Beverage first developed in 1965 by a team of researchers at the University of Florida -
Hippie Culture
Hippie is a subculture which was originally a youth movement that arose in the US in the mid 1960's -
Barbie
Barbie's first black friend Christie was introduced to the market. -
Martin Luther King
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assasinated in Memphis, Teennessee -
Apollo 11
Neil Armstromg and Buzz Aldrin are the first men to set foot on the moon as apart of a maned lunar mission -
Kent Sate
Ohio National Gaurd fired 67 rounds in 13 seconds killing four students and wounding nine others -
Virginia Schools
T.C Williams becomes the first school in Alexandria, Virginia public Senior high school after voluntary intergration -
Disney World
October 1, 1971 Disney's Animal Kingdom opens its gates to the public -
Video Game Console
in 1972 Magnavox releasedthe Maganavox Odessey, the first home video game console which could be connected to a tv set -
Handheld mobile phone
Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone. April 3, 1973 first handheld mobile phone call was made -
Twin Towers
ribbon cuttin ceremony for the towers was April 4,1973. the north tower accepted tennants in 1970 adn the south tower in 1972. -
President Nixon
Nixon annouses he will resign from office due to the Watergate Scnadal -
Microsoft
Coporation founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975 -
DISCO
Genre of musci that peaked in the late 70's. Initial audiences were African American, Italian-American, gays, and psychedelic -
Apple
Apple is incorporated January 3, 1977 as Apple Comuter Inc. It was founded April 1, 1976 -
Star wars
First film in series, The Phantom Menace, is realeased -
BARBIE
The first black doll to have the name Barbie was introduced to the market as "Black Barbie" -
PACMAN
Pacman is licensed and released in the US IN October 1980 -
HIV/AIDS
The United States became the first country to recognize the strange illness among a small number of gay men in 1981 -
Space Shuttle Explosion
Space shuttle Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds into its flight killing seven crew members -
Black Monday
In 1987 the Chinese market crashed spreadin west to Europe and eventually hitting the United States. The Market crashed on Monday October 19, 1987 -
Pan Am flight 103
Pan American Transatlantic flight 103 is bombed by terrorist killing all passengers and crew onboard and 11 on the ground -
Pro's in the Olympics
FBIA makes a ruling that allowed the US team to be composed of Professional players -
Walt Disney
The Little Mermaid is released as apart of an era in Disney animation as the disney renessiance
