Johnson, Lyndon Baines
Died: 1973 AD, at 64 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Presidents
1908 - Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27th in Texas with a rural background.
1937 - Representative from Texas.
1949 - Senator of Texas.
1951 - Senate majority whip.
1953 - Senate minority leader.
1955 - Senate majority leader.
1961 - Vice-president of United States.
1963 - The 36th president of United States.
1964 - Signed Economic Opportunity Act, creating Office of Economic Opportunity and programs including Job Corps, VISTA, and Head Start.
- Signed Civil Rights Act, authorizing US Attorney General to initiate desegregation lawsuits and barring discrimination in employment and in public facilities.
- Ordered US air strikes against naval installations in North Vietnam to retaliate for apparent North Vietnamese torpedoing of US destroyers (Maddox and C. Turner Joy) in Gulf of Tonkin.
1965 - Initiated US air raids over North Vietnam (Operation Rolling Thunder).
- Sent contingent of US Marines to Danang, marking official beginning of US ground combat in Vietnam War.
- Signed Voting Rights Act, barring literacy tests for voting and initiating federal voter registration programs.
- Initiated Medicare and Medicaid.
1966 - Signed Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, requiring labeling of contents, ingredients, and quantities of consumer items.
1968 - Signed Civil Rights Act, barring housing discrimination and increasing penalties for civil rights violations.
- Chose not to seek reelection after nearly losing to Eugene McCarthy New Hampshire primary, simultaneously announcing intention to negotiate end to US involvement in Vietnam War.
1973 - He died of a heart attack suffered at his LBJ Ranch on January 22nd.
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