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World War 2
Lieutenant Dan's father would have fought -
Segregation Existed
-People in the South still didn't like the idea of black people having rights so they treated them like outsiders
-Bubbas family were slaves, he was alone on the bus and made a friend with only Gump, he was bothered by having big lip -
Klu Klux White Knights in Georgia
-Dressed in there white costumes the group caused havic during the civil rights movement
-Forrest was named after a Forrest in the Klu Klux Klan -
Elvis Hound Dog
-Elvis's trade mark dance was first performed
-Forrest was showing Elvis the move and then was later seen doing it on the TV window -
George Wallace Stand Off
-Gov George Wallace was all for segregation and literally stood in the doorway as a black couple tried going in University of Alabama
-When it shows on TV Forrest picking up the black womans's book -
Assasination of John F. Kennedy
- JFK was beginning his next campaign when he was going through Dallas, Texas he was shot in the head and was killed
- Forrest met the president with the All American Team when he found out the president had been shot
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War Protest
-After the US began bombing Northern Vietnam in earnest people really began to protest and then the tut offense showed the Vietnam War was no where near over
-Forrest went for a long walk and was put on bus then stage to tell about his experience in war -
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American Troops in Vietnam War
It was American's hope to keep communism out of South Korea -
Apollo 11
-Apollo 11 was the first American NASA crew to make it to the moon
-Forrest watches on tv as the American Flag is stuck into the moon -
Wallace Murder Attempt
-Arthur Bremer attempted murdering Wallace as he was headed to campaign in Laurel
-Forrest brings up that he was shot after the University incident -
Hurricane Carmen
-A major hurricane hit Loisianna
-Forrest began catching all the shrimp because all the other boat got destroyed -
US pulls 7,000 troops from Vietnam
Forrest Gump earned the Medal of Honor for pulling out a group of people and was shot in the butt -
Apple Was Made
-2 college drop outs decided to make user friendly computers the started founding at 7.8 million to 117 million
-Dan told Forrest he invested their money into a fruit company and made big profits quickly -
John Lennon Assasination
-Mark Chapman shot John Lennon as he was headed home from a recording station
-Forrest after his ping pong era he was put on talk show with John Lennon then he found he had been killed. -
Aids outbreak
-HIV virus that broke out there were over 270 cases found in less than a year
-In the end Jenny says she is sick randomly and her partying lifestyle
