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The 1964 Democratic National Convention re-nominated Johnson and celebrated his accomplishments after less than one year in office. [292] Early in the campaign, Robert F. Kennedy was a widely popular choice to run as Johnson's vice presidential running mate, but Johnson and Kennedy had never liked one another. [ 293 ]
August 9 – President Johnson accepts a proposal from William Womack Heath to build the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. [13] August 10 – Housing and Urban Development Act; August 11 – Watts riots result in 34 deaths, over 1,000 injuries, and widespread property damage and looting in Los Angeles. [14]
Lyndon Baines Johnson (/ ˈ l ɪ n d ə n ˈ b eɪ n z /; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy , under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963.
February 1 – President Johnson holds his fifth news conference in the Theater at the White House, beginning the conference with an address on the efforts of the United States "to insure both peace and freedom in the widest possible areas" and answers questions from reporters on if he could see a scenario where he would endorse the admission of Red China into the United Nations, whether ...
President Johnson states his high opinion of Fortas and his discontent with the choice made on the part of members of the Senate, noting his own membership within the upper chamber of Congress. [190] October 4 – President Johnson transmits the annual report of the Office of Alien Property for the fiscal year of 1967 in a message to Congress ...
Peter Mangan flips through a large folder of newspaper clippings at the Lyndon B. Johnson's presidential library as he prepares to make a donation to the library, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in ...
The 1964 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election.Voters chose 21 [3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The slaying in downtown Dallas, 61 years ago on Friday, shocked the nation, led to Lyndon B. Johnson becoming president and culminated in a televised funeral procession through Washington, D.C.