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On March 31, 1968, then-incumbent U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson made a surprise announcement during a televised address to the nation that began around 9 p.m., [1] declaring that he would not seek re-election for another term and was withdrawing from the 1968 United States presidential election. Johnson stated, "I shall not seek, and I will ...
February 22 – President Johnson sends a message to Congress outlining the issues in urban communities and reflects on the actions of the Johnson administration and Congress in correcting these problems, recommending appropriations of 2.18 billion for the antipoverty program for the fiscal year of 1969 and states that his other proposals to ...
On March 31, 1968, Johnson announced that he would halt the bombing in North Vietnam, while at the same time announcing that he would not seek re-election. [265] He also escalated U.S. military operations in South Vietnam in order to consolidate control of as much of the countryside as possible before the onset of serious peace talks. [ 266 ]
Most recently, in 1968, Lyndon B. Johnson shocked the country when he made the surprise announcement that he would not run at the end of an Oval Office speech on his plan to limit US military ...
First Lady Lady Bird Johnson (1912 - 2007) and President Lyndon Johnson (1908 - 1973) in the audience at a Music for Young America concert on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C ...
President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers a speech announcing he will not run for re-election on March 31. Johnson now had two strong challengers, both sitting members of the Senate with demonstrated popularity. To make matters worse, polling in Wisconsin showed McCarthy beating Johnson badly, with the latter getting only 12% of the vote. [13]
The Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston was renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in 1973, [371] and the United States Department of Education headquarters was named after Johnson in 2007. [372] The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin was named in his honor, as is the Lyndon B. Johnson National ...
The film deals directly with the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of United States President Lyndon B. Johnson and his cabinet members.The starting events portrayed begin in January 1965 with LBJ at the Inaugural Ball and ends on March 31, 1968, when he announces to the nation that he will not run for re-election.