Raymond's forrest gump timeline

By lamontg
  • Joseph McCarthy- McCarthyism

    Joseph McCarthy- McCarthyism
    the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. this happened during the 1950's.
  • Period: to

    1950-1990

  • The Korean War

    The Korean War
    started when north korea invaded the south, sieze fire signed in july 27, 1953.
  • emmett till's murder

    emmett till's murder
    was an African-American boy who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman.
  • vietnam war

    vietnam war
    the start of the vietnam war.
  • Civil Rights Movment

    Civil Rights Movment
    the civil rights movment peaked in the 1960's.
  • Assassination of JFK

    Assassination of JFK
    JFK is assassinted in a car during a parade.
  • Malcolm X

    promted seperate but equal and violence if nessasary, assassinated Febuary 21, 1965.
  • Martin Luther King jr.

    Martin Luther King jr.
    big civil rights activist, promoted peace and marches for equality. active during the mid 1960's, assassinted on April 4, 1968.
  • HIV/AIDS

    HIV/AIDS
    HIV/AIDS first case.
  • John lennons murder

    John lennons murder
    He was shot by Mark David Chapman at the entrance of the building where he lived, The Dakota, in New York City on 8 December 1980.
  • the challenger

    the challenger
    the challenger was a space shuttle that broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all of its crew members.
  • the fall of the berlin wall

    the fall of the berlin wall
    The fall of the berlin wall. also the fall of communism in the soviet union.