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May 19 – President Johnson awards the Presidential Unit Citation to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division of the United States. [231] May 22 – President Johnson signs Proclamation 3785, designating "Memorial Day, Tuesday, May 30, 1967, as a day of prayer for permanent peace" and urging "all of the people of this Nation to ...
The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2] Under the U.S. Constitution, the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. [3] The ...
August 1 – Race riots in the United States spread to Washington, D.C. August 9 – Vietnam War – Operation Cochise: United States Marines begin a new operation in the Que Son Valley. August 21 – The People's Republic of China announces that it has shot down United States planes violating its airspace.
Johnson appointed Justices Abe Fortas (1965) and Thurgood Marshall (1967) to the Supreme Court of the United States. Johnson anticipated court challenges to his legislative measures in 1965 and thought it advantageous to have a "mole" in the Supreme Court to provide him with inside information, as he was able to get from the legislative branch.
As of 2024, there were 10 presidents who served in both chambers of congress (J.Q. Adams, Jackson, Pierce, Buchanan, A. Johnson, Kennedy, L.B. Johnson, and Nixon), 2 presidents who served in both the Continental Congress and the Congress of the United States (Madison and Monroe), and 1 president who served in both the Congress of the United ...
January 4 – President Johnson delivers the 1965 State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress, launching the Great Society program and saying additional ideas will be sent to Congress within six weeks. [4] January 20 – Johnson is sworn into his full term as President of the United States by Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren.
Of the individuals elected president of the United States, four died of natural causes while in office (William Henry Harrison, [1] Zachary Taylor, [2] Warren G. Harding [3] and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, [4] James A. Garfield, [4] [5] William McKinley [6] and John F. Kennedy) and one resigned from office ...
October 30 – President Johnson releases a statement congratulating the United States Olympic Team for their victory, declaring that the United States is in the team's debt and the win "brought new honor to our country." [210] October 31 – Remarks are aired of President Johnson announcing a bombing halt in North Vietnam during the evening ...