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Forrest Hip Dancing
Forrest teaches the "king", Elvis Presley, his signature hip dancing move. -
Elvis Presley releases "Hound Dog"
Forrest watches Elvis perform hound dog and Elvis displays his new dance move. -
1963 All American team meets President Kennedy
After his collegiate success in football, Forrest gets to meet President John F. Kennedy. -
Desegregation of university of Alabama
Forrest witnesses the first African American students to be enrolled to the university of Alabama. -
President Kennedy assassinated
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated at Dallas, Texas. -
Forrest enters the Vietnam war
Forrest decides to enter the military after college just because someone suggested it to him and ends up going to fight at Vietnam. -
Forrest saves the members of his platoon in battle
Forrest runs back forth into the jungle in hopes to find his friend Bubba, rescuing wounded soldiers along the way. -
Forrest discovers ping pong
After being shot in the buttocks, Forrest no longer has to fight in the war and while recovering discovers ping pong came naturally to him. -
Forrest receives medal of honor and meets President Lyndon B. Johnson
Forrest is rewarded with the medal of honor for his actions in the Vietnam war. -
United States lands on the moon
While Armstrong touches the surface of the moon, Forrest is drawing attention with his ping pong skills. -
Forrest goes to China with the U.S. Table Tennis team
Forests incredible ping pong skills earned him a spot on the national team that went to compete in communist China. -
John Lennon's song "Imagine" is released
John Lennon releases perhaps his most memorable song of his career. -
John Lennon's first appearance on the Dick Cavett Talk Show
Forrest sits alongside two of the most prominent figures in the entertainment/music industry, John Lennon and Dick Cavett. -
Watergate break in
While staying in a hotel, Forrest discovers some strange activity in some rooms that actually turn out to be the Watergate scandal. -
Birth of the Bubba Gump shrimp company
Forrest buys himself a shrimping boat and along with lietunanant Dan start a shrimping company. -
Nixon resigns as president
Due to many altercations that made Nixon's presidency even more stressing and overwhelming, Nixon decided to resign his presidency. -
Hurricane Carmen hits Louisiana
While out shrimping Forrest and lieutenant Dan find themselves in a storm that destroys every boat except for theirs. Which leads to their success in the shrimping business. -
Forrest starts running
Forrest starts running just because he felt like it, but is perceived by others as an act of revolt to pursue some type of change. -
AIDS epidemic begins
The deadly virus begins to spread among American societies. -
Apple computer goes public
Forrest becomes very wealthy after Lieutenant Dan invested money into Apple, which Forrest perceived as a mere fruit company. -
Forrest receives Jenny's letter
Forrest gets Jenny's letter that says for him to go meet up with her at her apartment. -
Jenny dies
After shortly being married with Forrest, Jenny passes away from AIDS.
