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Forest Dancing with Elvis
While some man (Elvis) was staying with forest and his mom, forest liked the guitar and liked to dance while Elvis played the guitar. -
Hound Dog released
Elvis released his hit album Hound Dog with which showed him on tv dancing like he saw forest dance. -
1963 All-American Team meets President John F. Kennedy
Forest and the All American team were invited to the white house to meet the current president John F. Kennedy -
Desegregation of the University of Alabama
This was the day governor George Wallace allowed two African American students to enroll in the University of Alabama -
John F. Kennedy's Assassination
The day the John F Kennedy was assassinated -
Forrest Goes to Vietnam
This was the day that forest and Bubba got deployed to Vietnam -
Forrest saves his platoon members
When it stopped raining Forrest's platoon started taking on heavy fire from the viet cong -
Forest Discovers Ping pong
After being rescued and sent to a hospital, Forrest learns how to play ping pong -
Forest recives medal of honor
This was the day that Forrest received the medal of honor from Lyndon B. Johnson -
Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated
This was the day that Robert F Kennedy (Bobby) was assassinated in the Health Good Samaritan Hospital in LA California -
America Lands on the moon
This is the day when the US first successfully landed on the moon -
Imagine
This is the year when John lennon released his song "imagine" -
Forest goes to China
This is the day that Forrest when to China to play table tennis for the U.S military and steady relations between the U.S and China -
The Dick Cavett show
This is the day that John Lennon first appeared on the Dick Cavett show -
Forrest and Lt. Dan Celebrate New years
Forrest and Lt. dan celebrate new years in New York City -
Watergate break in
The day Forrest met president nixon, nixon had forrest and his all american team stay at the watergate hotel -
Birth of the Bubba Gump Shrimp Corporation
Forest started the Bubba Gump Shrimp Corporation with Lutenin Dan -
Nixon Resigns
This is the day that Nixon resigned (after the watergate scandal) -
Hurricane Carmen
This is the date that hurricane Carmen struck the coast of Louisiana -
Mom is sick
This is the day that ford gets a call saying that his mom is sick with a disease also the day of the attempted assassination on president Ford -
Forest Invests in apple
Lt. Dan invested 100,000 dollars into apple stock for Forest which comes out to about 48.6 billion dollars today -
Forest started running
The day that president Carter collapses of heat exhaustion forest started running. Why? He just felt like running -
The year Forest stopped running
Forest said he ran for 3 years 2 months 14 days and 6 hours but he really only ran for a year -
First case for AIDS in the United states
Ken Horne was officially diagnosed with AIDS -
Reagan was shot
This is the day that Reagan was shot and wounded -
Jenny's Death
Jenny died on a Saturday and forest had her buried under their tree -
Wallace was shot
This is the day that wallace was shot and wounded