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Forrest met Elvis as a child and showed him his dance. Elvis used this when he preformed and it brought a surge of fans because of his new hip swinging style.
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Governor George Wallace stands in the front door of the University of Alabama to stop integration.
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John F. Kennedy was shot in his convertible in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Founded as Blue Ribbon Sports.
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Two US destroyers were fired upon in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Forrest receives the congressional medal of honor.
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HIV/AIDS was first found in the United States.
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Democratic nominee won the 1968 election.
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Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight to land humans on the moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men on the moon.
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Ping Pong exchange between China and America.
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Charles Manson was convicted of first-degree murder and was given the life sentence.
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Nixon's attempt to cover up his involvement in a break in to gather info.
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Nixon resigned because of the Watergate Scandal.
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Member of Charles Manson Family Cult, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme , attempted to kill Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California.
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Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.
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Most intense hurricane of the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season.
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Mark David Chapman left the Sheraton Hotel and fired five shots at Lennon, shooting him four times in the back, outside The Dakota apartment building.
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John Hinckly Jr. shot Reagan at the Washington Hilton Hotel.
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Space Shuttle Columbia was NASA's first space-rated shuttle in its fleet.
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Three days after leaving office, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter fell during a marathon run.
