Historical events in Forrest Gump

The Little Rock incident in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, is a confrontation incident around the apartheid policy of public schools.

1957 In September, the Little Rock School Committee announced that it would gradually change the racial segregation in the school, and the first batch of nine black students were admitted to the white central middle school.

Black people appealed to the federal court, arguing that the anti-apartheid process was too slow and was supported by the federal court. However, some whites claimed to use violence to prevent blacks from entering white schools, which was supported by Governor Fabers.

He sent the state national guard to stop black students from entering the school. Therefore, President Eisenhower federalized the state National Guard and sent airborne troops to the state to carry out the federal court's decision to protect black children from entering school.

2. Vietnam War

Vietnam War is a war between North Vietnam, the United States and South Vietnam with the support of the Soviet Union and China. It was a large-scale local war that broke out in Southeast Asia after the Second World War 195565438+ 10, which had a far-reaching impact on Asian international politics.

The Vietnam War is a war between South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam * * *) and North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam * *) supported by capitalist countries such as the United States and the "Southern Vietnam National Liberation Front" supported by Eastern bloc countries such as China and the Soviet Union. It happened in Vietnam (the main battlefield), Laos and Cambodia during the Cold War.

The Vietnam War was the most influential war that the United States participated in after World War II, and finally the United States was defeated in the Vietnam War. The Vietnamese People's Army and the Southern Vietnam National Liberation Front finally overthrew the Republic of Vietnam and unified the whole country.

3.watergate incident

Watergate scandal or Watergate scandal is one of the most disgraceful political scandals in American history, which has had a long-term impact on American history and the whole international press.

1972 in the presidential election, in June 1972, five people, led by James McChord, the chief security adviser of the Nixon campaign team of the United States and the party, sneaked into the office of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Building in Washington, D.C., and were arrested on the spot while installing bugs and taking photos of relevant documents.

Because of this, Nixon announced his resignation the next day on August 8 1974, thus becoming the first president in American history to resign because of a scandal.

4. Ping Pong Diplomacy between China and the United States

1971April 10, an American table tennis delegation and a small group of American journalists arrived in Beijing, becoming the first Americans allowed to enter China since 1949.

This move has had an impact on the breakthrough of Sino-US relations, and is called "small ball pushes big ball". The friendly exchanges between Chinese and American table tennis teams have promoted the normalization of Sino-American relations.

5. Apollo landed on the moon

1969, 16 In July, American astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin and Michael collins (with him as the commander) flew to the moon in Apollo-1 1 spacecraft.

On July 20th, Armstrong controlled the Eagle Lunar Module to land on the surface of the moon. At about 6:5438+00 pm US time, he and Aldrin walked out of the lunar module and set foot on the moon.

Armstrong took the lead in setting foot on the desolate and silent land of the moon and became the first man to land on and walk on the moon.