Lyndon Baines Johnson Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Executive Order 11130

Johnson issued Executive Order 11130 establishing the presidential commission that became known as the Warren Commission.

Federal Agency Cooperation

Johnson's executive order directed federal departments and agencies to provide the Warren Commission with services, information, and assistance needed for its investigation.

Oswald Killing Investigation

Johnson directed the Warren Commission to examine both Kennedy's assassination and the subsequent killing of accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.

Warren Commission Membership

Johnson appointed seven members to the Warren Commission, including legislators from both parties, former CIA Director Allen Dulles, and diplomat John J. McCloy.

Warren Commission

Johnson created the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy to investigate the killing and report its conclusions to him.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

The first official investigation of the Kennedy assassination is established by President Johnson, a week after the assassination

Role range: 1963-1969

Commission Establishment

Establishes the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known as the Warren Commission.

Role range: 1963-1969

Presidential Aircrew Transition

After Kennedy's assassination, Johnson requested that his longtime pilot James Cross qualify to fly the Boeing 707 used as the main presidential aircraft.

Warren Commission Subpoena Authority

Johnson's Warren Commission received statutory authority to subpoena witnesses and obtain evidence when Congress enacted Public Law 88-202.

Space Legal Principles Declaration Adopted

A United Nations declaration established nonbinding principles on peaceful exploration that later served as a foundation for the treaty.

Economy of USA

Johnson declares war on poverty

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Smoking Report

1st Government report regarding dangers of smoking is issued by Luther Terry

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Smoking

1st Government report regarding dangers of smoking is issued by Luther Terry

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Twenty-Fourth Amendment

Welcomes ratification of the Twenty-Fourth Amendment abolishing poll taxes in federal elections.

Role range: 1963-1969

Great Society

Delivers the University of Michigan speech setting out the Great Society programme.

Role range: 1963-1969

Civil Rights Act

Signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations, employment and federally assisted programs.

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Civil Rights Act

Signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations, employment and federally assisted programs.

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Urban Mass Transportation Act

Signs the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, expanding federal support for urban public transit.

Role range: 1963-1969

Battle of Tonkin Gulf

USS Turner Joy & Maddox report they have been attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. The Tonkin Gulf incident is used to escalate the war in Vietnam. Claims USS Maddox was attacked 30 miles offsore not 13 miles claimed by North Vietnam. A clash that triggers U.S. bombing against North Vietnam

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Retaliatory Air Strikes

Orders retaliatory air strikes against North Vietnamese targets after reports of attacks on U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

Enables Johnson to use armed force to help SEATO members to "defend their freedom". Congress authorizes "measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the US"

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Economic Opportunity Act

The Act creates programmes for job training, community action and poverty reduction.

Role range: 1963-1969

Economic Opportunity Act

Signs the Economic Opportunity Act, creating the Office of Economic Opportunity and major War on Poverty programmes.

Role range: 1963-1969

Food Stamp Act

Signs the Food Stamp Act of 1964, making the food stamp programme permanent.

Role range: 1963-1969

Wilderness Act

Signs the Wilderness Act, creating the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Role range: 1963-1969

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

A television commercial called Daisy, promotes Democratic candidate Lyndon Johnson's presidential candidacy, invoking the fear of a nuclear war and is an element in Johnson's subsequent election

Role range: 1963-1969 – 1963-1969

Warren Report Submission

Johnson received the Warren Commission's final report on September 24, 1964, after the commission completed its investigation of President Kennedy's assassination.

Warren Commission

Johnson receives the Warren Commission report on the assassination of President Kennedy.

Role range: 1963-1969

Warren Commission

The 889-page final report is presented to President Johnson on September 24, 1964. Concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the killing of Kennedy and the wounding of Texas Governor John Connally

Role range: 1963-1969

Warren Commission

The Warren Report is made public. The Warren Report concludes that President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald and that Oswald acted entirely alone and also concludes that Jack Ruby also acted alone when he killed Oswald two days later

Role range: 1963-1969

Election

Wins the presidential election against Barry Goldwater in a landslide.

Role range: 1963-1969

National Archives

All of the Warren Commission's records are transferred to the National Archives

Role range: 1963-1969

Warren Commission

Two months after the publication of its 888-page report, the Commission published twenty-six volumes of supporting documents, including the testimony or depositions of 552 witnesses and more than 3,100 exhibits. All of the Warren Commission's records are transferred to the National Archives

Role range: 1963-1969

Coup

Sends a U.S. naval force towards Brazil to prevent a leftist takeover

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Election

A television commercial called Daisy, promotes Democrat Lyndon Johnson's presidential candidacy, invoking the fear of a nuclear war and is an element in Johnson's subsequent election

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Sends a U

Sends a U.S. naval force towards Brazil to prevent a leftist takeover

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Just before the 1964 presidential election, President Johnson orders the Warren Commission documentation to be sealed against public availability for 75 years (until 2039)

Role range: 1963-1969

Election

Just before the 1964 presidential election, President Johnson orders the Warren Commission documentation to be sealed against public availability for 75 years (until 2039)

Role range: 1963-1969

Warren Commission

Just before the 1964 presidential election, President Johnson orders the Warren Commission documentation to be sealed against public availability for 75

Role range: 1963-1969

Warren Commission

Two months after the publication of its 888-page report, the Commission published twenty-six volumes of supporting documents, including the testimony or depositions of 552 witnesses and more than 3,100 exhibits. All of the Warren Commission's records are transferred to the National Archives. Later investigations agree with the Warren Commission's conclusion

Role range: 1963-1969