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Forrest Gump Timeline

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  • Space Race

    Space Race
    https://youtu.be/k-lGbJBYrtE Competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration.

  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    https://youtu.be/JNfscIsSIfQ War against communism
    War not wanted by American public, It resulted as one of the worst military events in US history. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. More then 3 million people were killed

  • Elvis Presley Appears On The Ed Sullivan Show

    Elvis Presley Appears On The Ed Sullivan Show
    Brought in over 60 million viewers
    Elvis provocative dance moves cause much controversy in the media

  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine
    https://youtu.be/h9CUiyZgDds
    The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. It was caused by Racial segregation in public schools; Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

  • CounterCulture

    CounterCulture
    https://study.com/academy/lesson/hippies-and-the-counterculture-origins-beliefs-and-legacy.html
    It was a way of life and set of attitudes opposed to or at variance with the prevailing social norm.A countercultural movement expresses the ethos and aspirations of a specific population during a well-defined era.

  • Bay Of Pigs Invasion

    Bay Of Pigs Invasion
    https://youtu.be/e6vkGgoOHeY Cuban exiles badly beaten by Cuban military without US aid
    International embarrassment for America

  • Desegregation Of The University Of Alabama

    Desegregation Of The University Of Alabama
    George Wallace, governor of Alabama, tire to block two African American students from entering the auditorium Caused National issues, JFK finally stepped and ordered for the students to enroll in the University

  • "I Have A Dream" Speech

    "I Have A Dream" Speech
    https://youtu.be/4xXZhXTFWnE
    Martin Luther King,Jr delierved a speech on the Lincoln Mounment calling for racial equality. There was over 200,000 supporters. And it was also a major event in the American Civil Rights Movement

  • JFK Assassinated

    JFK Assassinated
    Shot during motorcade through Dallas, Texas One of the most controversial events in America history, leading many to believe in conspiracy theories

  • Black Panthers

    Black Panthers
    https://youtu.be/W9PwhmyhYLA
    It was a political organization founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in October 1966. They dressed in all black and they had about 2,000 members and there purpose was to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality.

  • Watergate Scandal

    Watergate Scandal
    https://www.history.com/topics/watergate Men arrested for breaking into Watergate Hotel, home of the 1972 Democratic National Converntion
    President Nixon becomes target of the investigation
    Nixon eventually resigned, and is later pardoned by President Ford, against the wishes of most Americans

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

    Iran Hostage Crisis
    https://youtu.be/8w4Ku6l7OEIIt was a diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States. 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981, after a group of Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. It was the longest hostage crisis in recorded history.

  • Apple Goes Public

    Apple Goes Public
    [https://youtu.be/L7GYHZVeRvE](http:///.timetoast.com)
    Apple IPO opens at $22 per share.
    Generated most capital for an IPO since Ford in 1956
    It also made many instant millionaires