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Forest named after Klu Klux Klan
A post-Civil War American secret society advocating white supremacy. Named after founder of the Klu Klux Klan, Nathan Bedford Forrest -
Elvis Presley
Was a big music hit in the late 50s. Forest meets elvis and teaches dance moves. -
Forest plays for all american football team
Jfk meets all american football team. Jfk was in presidency for three years before he was assasinated. -
Jfk assasination
John F Kennedy was assasinated -
Desegregation at UOA
university of alabama had black students attending. Where forest was attending -
Black Panther Party
The black panther party was a organization to partole african american neighborhoods and police brutality. Forest crashes the Black Panther Party -
Ping pong deplomacy
Forest Gump goes to china and plays ping pong to create a friendship -
Bubba Gump Shrimp
Forest Gump makes a shrimping buissness in thought of his freind bubba that passed away in the war. bubba gump shrimp was very successful -
Apple
Forest Gump invests in apple computers -
Aids
Outbreak of Aids/Hiv. HIV causes AIDS and interferes with the body's ability to fight infections. Jenney was diagnosed with aids at the end of the movie. -
vietnam war
vietnam war happened in 1996. Was the first war to draft people women where not drafted. -
moon landing
moon landing was on TV while forest was playing ping pong.The first human-made object to reach the surface of the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2 mission