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Elvis Presley
Gump mother made money by hosting people at their house and they would eat breakfast. Elvis was one of them and Forrest met him before became the King of Rock and teached Elvis some dance moves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQ8GDBA8Is -
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Vietnam War
This War was fought in order of containment of communism in the middle east. Many Americans soldiers died there or were hurt. Some Americans here were against the war because they thought that it was worthless.
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Forrest get coached by "Bear" Bryant
Forrest was a fast runner that he earned a football scholarship at the University of Alabama. And got coached by Paul "Bear" Bryant. Bryant today is classified by some as the best college football coach in America. https://www.biography.com/people/bear-bryant-9229938 -
JFK
Forrest meets Kennedy in the movie and he heard in the news that he was assassinated. Kennedy was our 35th president until his assassination. He served during the Cuba Missile Crisis and the Cold War.
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Desegregation of Alabama University
Forrest was in this university when it was desegregated and he gave a African American her book and was recorded in the news. In 1963 the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka desegregated the University of Alabama. Governor Wallace was against it and he tried to stop African American from entering the class room. Until JFK sended National Guard there to escort them.
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Forrest Meets President Johnson
Forrest received a medal from this president for serving in the Vietnam war. Johnson became the 36th president after serving as the 37th vice president. The Vietnam was affected Johnson presidency in some way.
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Hippies Revolution
Forrst came back from the war and got dragged to an hippies march and there he met with Jenny that have become a hippie. Hippies were against the Vietnam war and were in favor of civil rights. They always promote peace and were recognized because of the flowers.
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American Men Landed on the Moon
In the movie we get a little glance of the news showing the video of the moon landing. During the Cold War the U.S. and the S.U. had the space race and the S.U. already had the first satellite in space and the fist man to orbit the Earth. But when the U.S. landed on the moon that was the end of the race and the U.S. won.
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The US and China play ping pong
Forrest became a good ping pong player and he went to China to represent the US in this competition. This portrayed the ping pong diplomacy, after the Korean war in the 50's they did not had any diplomatic or economic relationship. Both countries finally saw an advantage in opening up to each other. -
John Lennon
Forrest gets to meet John Lennon in a talk show. Lennon was a famous singer, songwriter, and co-founder of the Beatles. He was assassinated because he was a political activist and a pacifist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkgkThdzX-8 -
President Nixon
Forrest meets Nixon and invites him to the Watergate hotel. Nixon was our 37th president. He was involved in the Watergate scandal and was accused of sending spies to investigate the democratic way to win.
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Hurricane Carmen
Forrest start a shrimp company and he was not doing good at it until hurricane Carmen hit the south and his business became a success. Hurricane Carmen was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season. A destructive and widespread storm, Carmen originated as a tropical disturbance that emerged from Africa toward the end of August.
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Nixon Resign Presidency
Since Forrest met Nixon personally he saw when Nixon resign his presidency in the news. After the events of the Watergate Hotel in 1972 the congress already knew that Nixon was involved in the scandal. So they were going to impeach him because he was holding up information and lying, but he resign before he could be impeach.
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Apple
When Forrest mother died he left his friend in charge of the boat and apple offered him to buy his company and he sold it. Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in April 1976 to develop and sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. It was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc. in January 1977, and sales of its computers, including the Apple II, saw significant momentum and revenue growth for the company. -
HIV/AIDS outbreak
Jenny became an hippie and she used a lot of drugs and she don't know that she is infected and keep on going with her life, until one day she died. In the 60s and 70s people were experimenting with drugs and from there all those infections came. In that time we did not had a cure so many people died from it.
https://www.avert.org/about-hiv-aids/what-hiv-aids
