Forrest Gump

By Ritika.00

  • 1950 Baby boomers

    1950 Baby boomers
    The demographic group born during the post–World War II. The period of mass population in America. This includes people who are between 53 and 71 years old in 2017.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh5qYS4kynY

  • 1954 Salk develop polio vaccine

    1954 Salk develop polio vaccine
    Jonas Salk invented a successfully tested vaccine against poliomyelitis. virus that causes the crippling disease of polio. This was announces on the radio on a National radio show .

  • 1956 Interstate highway Act expands highway construction.

    1956 Interstate highway Act expands highway construction.
    President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. This act lead to historic Lincoln Highway, which was the first road across America.

  • 1957 little rock nine

    1957 little rock nine
    Group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Was a big news because its a desegregation act that lead to a big mob of white Americans. It was so big the U.S Army was there during this time.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk1tTCk2Kks

  • 1960 Kennedy defeats Nixon.

    1960 Kennedy defeats Nixon.
    John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon in one of the closest presidential elections in U.S. Kennedy became the youngest person ever elected to the presidency. He was also the first catholic president in U.S. History.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqdsLTob8uA

  • 1962 Cuban Missile crisis

    1962 Cuban Missile crisis
    Is a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwWW3sbk4EU

  • 1968 Martin Luther assassination

    1968 Martin Luther assassination
    Martin Luther was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. This made a lot of Americans angry. He was killed by James Earl Ray who went to jail.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmOBbxgxKvo

  • 1963 March on Washington DC

    1963 March on Washington DC
    Is one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history. It demanded civil and economic rights for African Americans. Its an event where Martin Luther King Jr's famous speech " I have a Dream"

  • 1963 Jfk assassination

    1963 Jfk assassination
    John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Daley Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. He was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald who was killed right after police caught him.It was concluded that Oswald acted alone in shooting Kennedy.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU83R7rpXQY

  • 1968 Summer Olympic protest. Tommie smith and John Carlos raised gloved fists in protest against discrimination.

    1968 Summer Olympic protest. Tommie smith and John Carlos raised gloved fists in protest against discrimination.
    Was conducted by African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos during their medal ceremony at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

  • 1970 EPA is established

    1970 EPA is established
    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established by Richard Nixon. It is meant to protect humans and environments health.The EPA regulates the manufacturing, processing, distribution and use of chemicals and other pollutants

  • 1979 Nuclear disaster occurs at the three miles islands.

    1979 Nuclear disaster occurs at the three miles islands.
    Was the most serious accident in U.S. Commercial nuclear power plant operating history. Caused a serious injury.