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Elvis presley
Elvis Presley was known as the king of rock and roll, he was a famous actor and singer in the 1950’s. by 1956 Elvis was at his high peak in his career. Elvis ties in with Forrest Gump because Elvis was staying at the house were gumps mom would rent out rooms. Gump would listen and dance to Elvis' song and then Years later Gump saw Elvis on tv doing the same dance moves. -
the assassination of JFK
Jhon f.kennedy was the 35th president in the united states. He was assassinated in 1963 while rididng with his wife during a presidental motorcade. Kennedy was pronounced dead 30 minutes after the gun fires. The man who assassinated john kennedy was an ex marine lee harvey oswald, he was also killed by a gun shot wound by jack ruby. A couple of years later kennedy’s brother Robert F.kennedy was also assassinated in 1968 -
Nike
Nike was founded in 1964 but their name was originally blue ribbon sports and didn't get its name Nike til 1964, its founders were bill Bowerman and Phil Knight.in 1971 the company got its name Nike from a greek goddess. Forrest gump was involved with Nike when Jenny got him a pair of nike cortez. she got him these shoes since he was always running -
Alabama's heyday
The crimson tide football team thrived for a championship since the 50's. Their head coach Paul bear Bryant lead the team to victory. while Bryant was head coach Alabama got six national championships, he then retired in 1982. Forrest Gump had a scolarship to play footballl for the university or alabama becasue of how fast he can run -
the Vietnam war
The Vietnam war started in 1955 and ended in 1975. The united states did not get involved until 1965, they entered the war because they wanted to stop communism from spreading. Forrest Gump was involved in the war because after his college graduation Forrest was recruited to the army. The conditions were it was always raining and wet. -
vietnam protest
The hippies were involved in a protest to bring back the veterans from the vietnam war, they wanted to bring them back because they didn't support it and wanted world peace. Forrest was caught up in one of the rallys when he was swept into the crowd and was made to make a speech in front of thousands of protesters -
Black panthers
The black panthers were a party of African Americans were a party for self-defense. They were a political group founded by Bobby Seale and Huey newton in 1966. The black panthers had their peak in 1968. What they did was they would patrol black neighborhoods to protect their communities from police brutality. The party ended in 1982.
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U.s lands on the moon
On july 20 1969 was when the first man from the united states to land on the moon. It was called a big leap for america because russia had made it to the moon but Neil.A was the first man to walk on the moon,he was apart of apollo 11. Many people believe the moon landing was all a stage set up in hawaii. -
ping pong diplomacy
The ping pong diplomacy was in the seventies when the united states was invited to china for the exchange of ping pong players against china. This event caused the visit of president richard nixon.
After the war forrest gump out all of his time into table tennis and he eventually became so good he went to china to copmete for the united states -
hurricane carmen
Hurricane carmen was the most dangerous hurricane in the alantic hurricane season.it caused 162 million dollars worth of damage. The hurricane lasted about 10 days. Forrest gump was caught up in the hurricane but him and his boat had survived the hurricane, which brought his shrimpin’ buisness success because they were the only boat that survived. -
Apple
The popular electronic company Apple came out in 1976 when founder steve jobs created an apple computer. The apple computer was the opening for all things electronic. Forrest was entangled with apple when Lt.Dan had made an investment with them. As of now Forrest woulddve made billions on that investment. -
aids/HIV outbreak
n the 80’s it was mainly gay men who were getting aids, they later learned that it had to come from sexaul activity. They also found out aids had transferred from haiti. By the end of 1981 270 men had aids and 121 had died.
Jenny had recieved aids or hiv when she was taking a “trip” she later on died from the disease
