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Forrest Gump Timeline

  • Gump Teaching Elvis

    Gump Teaching Elvis
    Forrest has a guest in his home and the guest happens to be Elvis. Forrest is found in the room with Forrest, and learning some of his peculiar moves.
  • Elvis on TV

    Elvis on TV
    Elvis is later then shown on a TV performing hound dog using Forests dance moves, and Forrest sees this, he has a huge grin on his face.
  • Forrest plays

    Forrest plays
    Forrest Gump is seen running across a football field and ends up playing for Bear Bryant the Alabama football coach.
  • Racial Integration

    Racial Integration
    Forrest Gump was now enrolled at the University of Alabama for football and during this time the Racial Integration was happening there.
  • Forrest meets JFK

    Forrest meets JFK
    Being apart of the all american football team, Forrest gets to meet John F. Kennedy. When he finally gets to shake his hand, Forrest says he's gotta pee!
  • JFK Dead

    JFK Dead
    JFK is assassinated
  • Vietnam

    Vietnam
    Forrest is enlisted in the war and put right into action in The Vietnam War
  • Jenny becomes a Hippie

    Jenny becomes a Hippie
    We see Jenny start her Journey to her Hippie days, she joins the counterculture.
  • Medal of Honor

    Medal of Honor
    Forrest received a medal of honor fro LBJ because of his heroic actions when returning to the US. Also shows him the shot in his butt.
  • Forrests Speech

    Forrests Speech
    Forrest speaks at a Vietnam War Protest with Abby Hoffman and gets to meet Black Panthers
  • Ping Pong

    Ping Pong
    Forrest became very interested in Ping Pong and ended up being so good he go to go to China and play them with the US Ping Pong Team. This was apparently a way to make peace.
  • Dick Cavett Show

    Dick Cavett Show
    Forrest gets to meet John Lennon and be on the Dick Cavett Show, he gets interviewed about China and what it was like.
  • Assassination Attempt

    Assassination Attempt
    Governor Wallace is shown being shot, an attempted assassination, which doesn't kill him thankfully.
  • Forrest Meets Nixon

    Forrest Meets Nixon
    Forrest Gets to meet president Nixon because he is part of the Ping Pong team, and they are all meeting him. Forrest is also offered to stay at The Watergate Hotel and ends up witnessing the break in and without even knowing reveals them.
  • Hurricane Carmen

    Hurricane Carmen
    So after all these events, Forrest gets a shrimping boat and names it Jenny and ends up miraculously surviving Hurricane Carmen while it destroys all other ships which leaves him getting a lot of shrimp and having his Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Business becoming very successful.
  • Apple

    Apple
    Lieutenant Dan ends up investing in Apple, which we already know becomes a huge success. Lieutenant Dan was very smart.Forrest ends up giving his money away to many others.
  • AIDS

    AIDS
    Jenny is Diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and ends up dying. During this time HIV/AIDS was a new disease and was steal being figured out. Mostly caused by what Jenny did in the early crazy days.