Lyndon Johnson Timeline. A lifetime of events for the Thirty-Sixth American President of the United States, both public and private. From his birth on August 27, 1908 in Stonewall, Texas to his death on January 22, 1973.
DATE | LYNDON JOHNSON TIMELINE OF EVENTS |
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1908 | Lyndon Johnson was born on August 27 |
1909 | William Howard Taft becomes the 27th U.S. President |
1913 | Woodrow Wilson becomes the 28th U.S. President |
1921 | Warren G. Harding becomes the 29th U.S. President |
Vice President Calvin Coolidge assumes the Presidency upon the death of President Harding | |
1924 | Johnson graduates from High School |
1925 | Calvin Coolidge becomes the the 30th U.S. President |
1927 | Johnson graduates from Southwest Texas State Teachers College |
1929 | U.S. Stock Market crash |
Herbert Hoover becomes the 31st U.S. President | |
1930 | Johnson begins teaching in Houston, Texas |
1931 | Johnson campaigns for Richard Kleberg running for Congress |
1932 | Johnson is hired as Richard Kleberg's secretary and moves to Washington D.C |
1933 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt becomes the 32nd U.S President |
President Roosevelt's New Deal legislation | |
1934 | Johnson marries Claudia Taylor |
1935 | Johnson is named the Director of National Youth Administration in Texas |
Social Security Act is passed | |
1937 | Johnson is elected to the United States Congress |
1938 | Johnson is re-elected to Congress |
1940 | President Roosevelt is re-elected to a 2nd Presidential term |
Johnson is re-elected to Congress | |
1941 | Johnson loses a senate bid in a special election |
Pearl Harbor is attacked by Japan | |
The United States enters World War II | |
Johnson goes on active duty in the U.S. Navy | |
1942 | Johnson is sent to the Pacific as President Roosevelt's representative |
Battle of Guadalcanal | |
Johnson is awarded the Silver Star Medal | |
Invasion of North Africa | |
1943 | United States offensive in the Pacific and Italy |
1944 | Johnson serves on Post Military Policy Committee |
Allied forces land in France | |
Campaign in the Philippines begins | |
1945 | Vice President Harry Truman assumes the Presidency upon the death of President Roosevelt |
The U.S. drops the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima | |
1946 | Johnson is re-elected to Congress |
Paris Peace Conference | |
1947 | The Truman Doctrine |
Johnson serves on the House Armed Services Committee | |
Marshall Plan | |
Johnson votes for the Taft Hartley Act | |
1948 | Johnson serves on the Joint Atomic Energy Committe |
Johnson is elected to the United States Senate | |
Harry Truman is elected President | |
1949 | Johnson serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee |
The NATO pact is signed | |
1950 | Johnson heads the Senate Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee |
The Korean War begins | |
1951 | Johnson is elected the Senate Democratic Whip |
1953 | Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the 34th U.S. President |
Johnson is chosen as the Senate Minority Leader | |
1954 | Johnson is re-elected to the Senate |
The U.S. Supreme Court issues a desegregation order | |
Johnson is elected the Senate Majority Leader | |
The Army-McCarthy hearings | |
1955 | Johnson suffers from a heart attack |
1957 | Johnson directs the passage of the Civil Rights Act |
1961 | John F. Kennedy becomes the 35th U.S. President |
1963 | President John Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas while campaigning for re-election |
Vice President Lyndon Johnson assumes the Presidency upon the assassination of President Kennedy | |
Johnson appoints the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of John Kennedy | |
Civil rights supporters march on Washington D.C. | |
1964 | Riots in the Panama Canal Zone |
Twenty-Fourth amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified | |
Johnson proclaims war on poverty | |
Johnson settles the railroad strike | |
Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act | |
U.S. destroyers are attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats | |
Johnson orders bombing of North Vietnam in retaliation | |
Johnson signs into law the Economic Recovery Act | |
Johnson is elected President | |
1965 | The U.S. installation at Pleiku is attacked by Vietcong |
Race Riots in Los Angeles, California | |
U.S. Astronaut walks in space | |
Johnson signs Medicare Act | |
1966 | First United States soft lunar landing |
The United States bombs Hanoi | |
1967 | Johnson appoints Thurgood Marshall to the United States Supreme Court |
Nation wide peace marches against the Vietnam War | |
War in Middle East | |
1968 | North Korea seizes a U.S. ship |
Johnson announces he will not run for re-election | |
Richard Milhous Nixon becomes the 37th U.S. President | |
1973 | Lyndon Johnson dies on January 22 |
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