- 1943
- March
- March 2, 1943
- Date of Birth on Bubba's headstone, also known as Benjamin Buford Blue.
- 1944
- June
- June 6, 1944
- Forrest Gump born. One of Lieutenant Dan's ancestors dies storming the beach at Normandy.
- 1945
- July
- July 16, 1945
- Birth Date on Jenny Gump's headstone. "Beloved Mother, Wife and Friend"
- 1956
- June
- June 5, 1956
- Forrest Gump and his mother see Elvis Presley performing on the Milton Berle - using Forrest's dance moves - on a TV in the window of Vincy's Furniture and Appliance Store i Greenbow, Alabama.
- 1963
- June
- June 11, 1963
- Forrest Gump present during the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door event at the University of Alabama.
- 1967
- June
- June 7, 1967
- Date of Death on Bubba's headstone, also known as Benjamin Buford Blue.
- October
- October 21, 1967
- Forrest reunites with Jenny in the Reflecting Pool at the March on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
- October 22, 1967
- Having spent the night before walking around Washington, D.C., Forrest and Jenny say good-bye.
- 1969
- July
- July 20, 1969
- Forrest cheers up wounded veterans showing them how to play ping pong during the moon landing.
- 1971
- September
- September 8, 1971
- Forrest Gump appears on the Dick Cavett show with John Lennon.
- December
- December 31, 1971
- Forrest Gump celebrates New Year's Eve in New York.
- 1972
- January
- January 1, 1972
- After ringing in the new year at a bar, Forrest and Lieutenant Dan take a couple girls back to Lieutenant Dan's place.
- June
- June 17, 1972
- Forrest Gump witnesses the Watergate break-in.
- 1974
- September
- September 8, 1974
- Forrest and Lieutenant Dan face the wrath of Hurricane Carmen while on Forrest's shrimping boat.
- 1975
- September
- September 21, 1975
- Lieutenant Dan gets Forrest invested in some kind of fruit company so they don't have to worry about money anymore.
- 1976
- July
- July 4, 1976
- Forrest asks Jenny to marry him.
- July 5, 1976
- For no particular reason, Forrest Gump decides to go for a run, and ends up running across American for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days and 16 hours.
- 1979
- September
- September 15, 1979
- The day that Forrest Gump decides to go for a run, there is audio of a news report about Jimmy Carter collapsing as he runs past the barber shop. That event occurred in 1979, however, that date does not work within the Forrest Gump timeline.
- September 19, 1979
- After running across America for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days and 16 hours, Forrest Gump decides to stop running and go home to Alabama.
- 1981
- March
- March 30, 1981
- Forrest receives a letter from Jenny asking him to come see her in Savannah, Georgia. The same day that President Reagan is shot.
- 1982
- March
- March 22, 1982
- Death Date on Jenny Gump's headstone. Forrest says that Jenny died on a Saturday morning but March 22nd, 1982 was a Monday. "Beloved Mother, Wife and Friend"
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