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  2. Lyndon B. Johnson - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Let Us Continue - Wikipedia

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    Lyndon B. Johnson at his swearing-in, with Jacqueline Kennedy at his left. On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, at about 12:30 p.m. CST. Upon his death, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson succeeded to the presidency. Johnson took the oath of office aboard Air Force One. [3]

  4. Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson - Wikipedia

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    President Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and Rosa Parks at the signing of the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965 After the end of Reconstruction, most Southern states enacted laws designed to disenfranchise and marginalize black citizens from politics so far as practicable without violating the Fifteenth Amendment .

  5. List of memorials to Lyndon B. Johnson - Wikipedia

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    Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, Johnson City, Texas; Lake Lyndon B. Johnson, a lake in Texas; Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland, in Texas; Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac, in Washington, D.C. FELDA L.B. Johnson, a village settlement in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

  6. Lyndon Baines Johnson Day - Wikipedia

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    Lyndon Baines Johnson Day is a legal state holiday in Texas.It falls every year on August 27, to mark the birthday of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson.. After Johnson died in 1973, the Texas State Legislature created a legal state holiday to be observed every year on August 27 to honor the 36th president of the United States, one of their state's native sons.

  7. Lady Bird Johnson - Wikipedia

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    In December 1973, after President Nixon established the Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac, he notified Johnson via a telephone call. [ 76 ] In August 1975, after First Lady Betty Ford made comments on sex, Johnson expressed sympathy: "I know the pressures of being a First Lady, and I think maybe she got asked one question too ...

  8. Timeline of the Lyndon B. Johnson presidency - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Madeleine Duncan Brown - Wikipedia

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    Madeleine Duncan Brown (July 5, 1925 – June 22, 2002) was an American woman who claimed to be a longtime mistress of United States President Lyndon B. Johnson. [2] [3] [4] In addition to claiming that a son was born out of that relationship, Brown also implicated Johnson in a conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy.