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22 ore fa · Lyndon Baines Johnson (/ ˈ l ɪ n d ə n ˈ b eɪ n z /; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963),...
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2 giorni fa · In 1965, First Lady Lady Bird Johnson took the lead in calling for passage of the Highway Beautification Act. The act called for control of outdoor advertising, including removal of certain types of signs, along the nation's growing Interstate Highway System and the existing federal-aid primary highway system.
4 giorni fa · The first instance of a first lady conducting one had been Eleanor Roosevelt in 1942. Ford's recent predecessor Lady Bird Johnson was among other first ladies that did not conduct solo trips abroad. During the Fords' 1976 trip to mainland China, when being shown an exhibition by a Chinese arts college dance group, Ford decided to ...
22 mag 2024 · In 1934, in San Antonio, Texas, Johnson married Claudia Alta Taylor, known from childhood as “Lady Bird.” A recent graduate of the University of Texas, where she had finished near the top of her class, Lady Bird Johnson was a much-needed source of stability in her husband’s life as well as a shrewd judge of people.
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- Lyndon B. Johnson, frequently called LBJ, was an American politician and moderate Democrat who was president of the United States from 1963 to 1969...
- Lyndon B. Johnson was elected vice president of the United States alongside President John F. Kennedy in 1960 and acceded to the presidency upon Ke...
- As president, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, the most comprehensive civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, into law; he als...
- By 1968, Lyndon B. Johnson knew he was unlikely to win another presidential election; his increase of American involvement in the Vietnam War, as w...
20 mag 2024 · She is best remembered for her efforts to beautify the capital and the nation and to conserve its environment. She advocated the Highway Beautification Act, later known as the Lady Bird Act, and the creation of national parks. Portrait of Lady Bird Johnson, May 8, 1968. Photograph by Robert Knudsen.
8 mag 2024 · "Over a span of eighteen years, Lady Bird Johnson recorded forty-seven oral history interviews with Michael Gillette and his colleagues. These conversations, just released in 2011, form the heart of 'Lady Bird Johnson: an oral history', an intimate story of a shy young country girl's transformation into one of America's most effective and admired First Ladies"
3 giorni fa · During the 1964 presidential campaign, Lindy accompanied Mrs. Johnson on the Lady Bird Special train trip through the South. The following year, she helped launch Project Head Start. After Hale died in a plane crash while campaigning for a colleague in Alaska, Lindy was elected to succeed him in 1973.
