Forest Gump Project

Korean war

Jun 25, 1950

Cold war conflict between Communist and Non-Communist Forces on Korean Peninusula.

American troops to battle

Jun 27, 1950

President Truman, without the approval of Congress, commits American troops to battle

22nd Amendment

Feb 27, 1951

Limited the president to on Two Terms

removing gen. MacArthur

Apr 11, 1951

President Truman removes Gen. Douglas MacArthur as head of U.S. Far East Command

Puerto Rico

Jul 25, 1951

Becomes a United States common wealth

First Hydrogen Bomb

Nov 1, 1952

First hydrogen bomb is detonated by the U.S. on Eniwetok, an atoll in the Marshall Islands

34th pres.

Jan 20, 1953

Dwight Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th president

Armistice Agreement

Jul 27, 1953

Armistice agreement is signed

McCarthyism

Apr 1, 1954

Joseph McCarthy turned his attention to "exposing" communist infilteration of the Armed services

Brown v. Board of Education

May 17, 1954

Declares that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional

The Murder of Emmett Till's Murder

Aug 28, 1955

Because Till whistled at a White Women he was later Kidnapped, burtally beaten, Shot, and dumped into the Tallahatchie River.

Little Rock Nine

Sep 25, 1957

The First black teenagers to attend an all-white Central High school in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Explorer 1

Jan 31, 1958

First American satellite is launched

Cuban Missle Crisis

Oct 22, 1962

President Kennedy denounces Soviet Union for secretly installing missile bases on Cuba and initiates a naval blockade of the island.

I have A Dream Speech

Aug 28, 1963

Dr. Martin Luther King jr, Delivers The famous "Ihave A Dream" Speech before a crowd of 200,000 during the civil rights march on Washington, DC

Assassination of Kennedy

Nov 22, 1963

President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Tex.

Civil rights act

Jul 2, 1964

President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act

Gulf tonkin resolution

Aug 7, 1964

Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures necessary to defend U.S. forces and prevent further aggression/

Crossing the bidge in Selma, Ala

Mar 7, 1965

State troopers attack peaceful demonstrators led by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., as they try to cross bridge in Selma, Ala

Miranda v. Arizona

Jun 13, 1966

Miranda v. Arizona: Landmark Supreme Court decision further defines due process clause of Fourteenth Amendment and establishes Miranda rights

Assassination of Dr. King

Apr 4, 1968

Is shot and killed in Memphis. Tenn

RFK

Jun 5, 1968

Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated in Los Angeles, Calif.

SALT 1

May 26, 1972

U.S. and Soviet Union sign strategic arms control agreement

Watergate Investigation

May 17, 1973

Senate select committee begins televised hearings to investigate watergate cover-up

Nixon resigns

Aug 8, 1974

Nixon resigns; he is succeeded in office by his vice president, Gerald Ford.

Control of Panama canal

Sep 7, 1977

President Carter signs treaty agreeing to turn control of Panama Canal over to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999.

summer olymipcs

Jan 20, 1980

President Carter announces that U.S. athletes will not attend Summer Olympics in Moscow unless Soviet Union withdraws from Afghanistan

hiv/aids

Jan 1, 1981

Discovered in 5 Homosexual healthy Men. Didnt have a name at first but then Doctors gave it this name. This virus has increased to many parts of the world.

Hostages released

Jan 20, 1981

U.S. hostages held in Iran are released after 444 days in captivity

Reagan shot

Mar 30, 1981

President Reagan is shot in the chest by John Hinckley, Jr.

FIRST WOMEN IN SUPREME COURT

Sep 25, 1981

Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as the first woman Supreme Court justice

equal rights ratification

Jun 30, 1982

Deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution passes without the necessary votes

Reagan second term

Jan 21, 1985

Reagan's second inauguration

Explosion if Space shuttle

Jan 28, 1986

Space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members

Libya bombing

Apr 14, 1986

U.S. bombs military bases in Libya in effort to deter terrorist strikes on American targets

41st pres.

May 22, 1986

George H. W. Bush is inaugurated as the 41st president

Iran-Contra scandal

Nov 22, 1986

Iran-Contra scandal breaks when White House is forced to reveal secret arms-for-hostages deals

speech in berlin

Jun 12, 1987

In a speech in Berlin, President Reagan challenges Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall” and open Eastern Europe to political and economic reform.

Oil Tanker

Mar 24, 1989

Oil tanker Exxon Valdez runs aground in Prince William Sound, spilling more than 10 million gallons of oil

Bush Bail Out

Aug 9, 1989

President Bush signs legislation to provide for federal bailout of nearly 800 insolvent savings and loan institutions

kuwait invasion

Aug 2, 1990

Iraqi troops invade Kuwait, leading to the Persian Gulf War