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The second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson as president of the United States was held on Wednesday, January 20, 1965, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 45th inauguration and marked the second and only full term of Lyndon B. Johnson as president and the only term of Hubert Humphrey as vice president.
January 4 – President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his "Great Society" during his State of the Union Address. [1] January 19 – The uncrewed Gemini 2 is launched on a suborbital test of various spacecraft systems. January 20 – President Lyndon B. Johnson begins his full term. Hubert Humphrey is sworn in as Vice President of the United States.
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The 1965 State of the Union Address was given by Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, on Monday, January 4, 1965, to the 89th United States Congress in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. [2] It was Johnson's second State of the Union Address.
First president to give an inaugural address of more than 5,000 words. [107] First president to not issue an executive order [108] First president to die in office. [aa] [109] First president to serve less than one full term in office. [ab] [110] First president to receive over 1 million votes in a presidential election before assuming office ...
The following events occurred in January 1965: ... Johnson's inaugural address was only 1,259 words long, and was completed in 22 minutes, including 11 interruptions ...
July 5, 1960 – November 25, 1965 After the fall of the Belgian Congo , a series of civil wars break out in the country, with Belgian troops attempting to regain control. The crisis serves as a proxy war between the United States and the Soviet Union.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on July 2, 1964. The Great Society was a series of domestic programs enacted by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the United States from 1964 to 1968, with the stated goals of totally eliminating poverty and racial injustice in the country.