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Elvis
Forrest teaches Elvis to dance in the movie but not in real life -
Moon landing
In the movie the moon landing is shown while forrest is playing ping pong. This happens in the movie and in real life. -
Watergate
In the movie Forest dicovers people snooping around in the watergate hotel. This turns out to be Nixons men spying. this happened in the movie and in real life -
Alabama Football Coach
The Alabama football coach in the movie was Bear Bryant. He was the coach in real life during this time -
New year ball drop
The annual ball drop in New York was shown in the movie. This happens in real life every new year -
Football All Americans
Football All Americans go to the white house. This is shown in the movie and in real life -
The Vietnam war
The vietnam war was in the movie. It also happened in real life -
Hurricane Carmen
Hurrican Carmen happened in real life and in the movie -
Forrest plays ping pong
Forrest played ping pong professionally in the movie. -
Jenny gets AIDS
Jenny dies of 'an unknown virus' which turns out to be aids
