Forrest Gump Time Line

McCarthyism

Feb 9, 1950

Accusations Of disloyalty

Brown V. Board Education / Civil Rights Movement

Jun 13, 1954

Movie: Forrest goes to collage to play football at University Of Alabama where George Wallace was trying to prevent the 2 black students from enrolling. White students did not seem upset about their school being integrated.
Life: White students were furious about the University Of Alabama integration

Space Race

Jan 31, 1958

Movie : Was going to collage during this race.
Life: Competition between S.Uand the U.S

Hippie Cultue

Jan 15, 1960

Movie: jenny leaves from place to place and becomes into drugs later.
life: A youth movement that spreaded around the world.Harmony with nature, and the use of drugs the would spread around the world.

Assassination of J.F.K

Nov 22, 1963

Movie:( real Footage)Jfk was assassinated shortly after meeting Forrest
Life:assassinated through Dealey Plaza on a motorcade

Lyndon B.Johnson

Nov 22, 1963

Movie: Johnson give Gump a melt from bring in the Vietnam war and asks to see his wonds.
Life: 36th ,37 th president gave a guy named david a metal for saving 3 other lifes.

Vietnam War

May 21, 1966

Movie:Forrest left to the vietnam war & was the one who came out alive and saved others.
Life:United States sent troops to Vietnam creating the strongest tensions.

Nixon/Watergate Scandal

Jun 17, 1972

Movie: This scandel was figured out by Forrest.
life:This led to resignation and changed ideas of Executive privilege.

John Lennons Murder

Dec 8, 1980

Movie: After Forrest meet Lennons on Tv ,He ws shortly killed after.
Life;Musician that was shot by Mark David Chapman in front of the entrance of buliding he lived in.

Technological/Apple Inc.

Jan 20, 1981

Movie; Forrest invested into Apple. CAllimg it a fruit company
Life:Corporation that designs Computer software, personal computers and other electonics

assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan

May 21, 1981

Movie(:televised footage)
Life: This Attempt broke an illegal strike by air traffic controllers that threatened to strangle the nation.

Hiv/Aids

Jun 1, 1981

Movie: Jenny Caught the disease of Hiv/Aids and they found this is incurable and soon died.
Life: Damages the immune system severely