Forrest Gump Timeline

  • Abbie Hoffman

    Abbie Hoffman
    [https://youtu.be/NcOTZeZ3_40](https://)A politic and activist who was born November 30th, 1936. He co-founded The Youth Inernational Party. He was arrested in 1973 for being in possesion of cocaine.
  • Emmett Till

    Emmett Till
    14 year old African American boy born on July 25th, 1941 who was lynched, beat, and shot for allegedly whilsting a white woman
  • Captian Kangaroo

    Captian Kangaroo
    [https://youtu.be/njp86LvhSQQ](https://)Childern's television series that came on during the weekdays on CBS. Started on October 3rd, 1955 until December 8th, 1984 officially making it the longest-running national broadcast
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    The Dick Clark Show

    The Dick Clark Show also known as Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut Show (Sponsored by Beechnut Gum) came on ABC network 7:30-8PM
  • Nike was created

    Nike was created
    The CEO is Mark Parker of Nike in 2016, but the 2 founders of Nike are Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight.
  • Black Panther Party

    Black Panther Party
    [https://youtu.be/hZ_eijoFiU8](https://)Huey P.Newton was the leader of the Black Panther Party. Started with African American families in the South during WW II. New generations of young African American men started to fight the racism and start black power.
  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre
    [https://youtu.be/2BsOysRpNbY](https://)Mass killing of 347 to 504 unarmed people in South Vietnam.
  • 1st Moon Landing

    1st Moon Landing
    [https://youtu.be/RMINSD7MmT4](https://)On July 20th, 1969 American Neil Armstrong was the 1st man to walk on the moon.He spent the first few minutes of his landing taking many pictures. ans soil samples. Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong spent a total of 21 hours on the moon.
  • Sesame Street

    Sesame Street
    [https://youtu.be/cmcdBnj4ZOg](https://)Created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. Aired on the PBS network. This currently has a number of 46 seasons and 4,378 total amount of epsodes. This show was origanally planned to help a young child to get ready for school.
  • Watergate Scandal

    Watergate Scandal
    One political scandal that happend in the 1970s. Several burglars were arrested in Democratic National Committee. After that President Nixon began to raise "hush money" to try and stop the FBI from proceeding from futher investigation.
  • Hurricane Carmen

    Hurricane Carmen
    [https://youtu.be/gGTN_MBDZTI](https://)Named a category 4 major hurricane. Also the most intense tropical cyclone in 1974. Areas affected included; Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Yucatan Peninsula, Belize, Louisiana, Texas.
  • Creation of Apple

    Creation of Apple
    Created by Steve Jobs in 1976.This company specializes in in personal computers, computer software, commercial servers. In 2016 Apple now has 481 retail stores in the USA. And has made $16 billion in 2011.