forrest gump timeline

Cocaine

1859

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/cocaine-use-and-its-effects#1

Elvis presley

Jan 8, 1935

https://www.biography.com/people/elvis-presley-9446466

John lennon

Period: Oct 9, 1940 to Dec 8, 1980

https://www.biography.com/people/john-lennon-9379045

Aids

1960

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv0yIICeg-E

Vietnam war

Period: 1960 to 1975

The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War. In Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam. Vietnam had been under French colonial rule since the 19th century.

Desegregation of university of Alabama

Jan 1, 1963

https://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/desegregation-of-the-university-of-alabama-was-dramatic-45359683835

Smiley face

1963

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/smithsonian-channel/the-smiley-face-was-invented-for-corporate-a/

JFK assassination

Nov 22, 1963

https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000005513426/the-jfk-assassination-a-cast-of-characters.html

Black panther

Oct 15, 1966

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/power-to-the-people-the-rise-of-the-black-panthers/

Moon landing

Jul 20, 1969

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMINSD7MmT4

Ping pong diplomacy

1970

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfMRq2Of_Qw

Watergate

Jun 17, 1972

www.history.com/topics/watergate/videos

hurricane carmen

Jan 1, 1974

Hurricane Carmen was the most intense tropical storm of the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season. A destructive and widespread storm.
Although Carmen made landfall as a powerful Category 4 hurricane it caused less damage than thought because it struck populated region.

Nixon resigns

Aug 9, 1974

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEOGJJ7UKFM

Apple computer

Period: 1990 to 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_BlZoK76Sw