Lyndon Baines Johnson Biography and Timeline — Page 5

Junction City

The U.S. & South Vietnamese forces begin Operation Junction City

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Twenty-fifth Amendment

Johnson marked ratification of the Twenty-fifth Amendment, which clarified presidential succession and created a procedure for filling a vacant vice presidency.

Bombing of Lang Vei

The U.S. accidentally bombs Lang Vei, 80 civilians are killed

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Asylum

Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, requests asylum at the U.S. Embassy

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Demonstrations

Over 100,000 in New York & over 50,000 in San Francisco demonstrate against the War

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Government

Advises Foreign Minister Abba Eban not to make a pre-emptive strike against Egypt

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Supreme Court

Nominates Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court, leading to the first African American justice.

Role range: 1963-1969

Invasion of Vietnam

Turns down the Joint Chiefs of Staffs request for more troops

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

3 month diplomacy with North Vietnam leading to a meeting between the

3 month diplomacy with North Vietnam leading to a meeting between the U.S. & Hanoi in 1968

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Operation Pennsylvania

3 month diplomacy with North Vietnam leading to a meeting between the U.S. & Hanoi in 1968

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Outer Space Treaty Enters Force

The Outer Space Treaty enters into force, creating binding restrictions on nuclear weapons in outer space.

Role range: 1963-1969

Battle of Dak To

Blunts North Vietnam's penetration into the Southern Highlands

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Battle of Dak To

Nov 19-Nov 23, The People's Army, PAVN, is defeated by the US

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

PAVN

Nov 19-Nov 23, The People's Army, PAVN, is defeated by the US

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Air Quality Act

Signs the Air Quality Act of 1967, expanding federal air-pollution authority.

Role range: 1963-1969

Age Discrimination in Employment Act

Signs the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, prohibiting age discrimination against many older workers.

Role range: 1963-1969

Government

Advises Foreign Minister Abba Eban not to make a pre-emptive strike against Egypt. Diplomatic relations are broken with Iraq, resumed 1984

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Bombing of Vietnam

The Stennis Committee criticizes Johnson for not increasing the bombing

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Operation Rolling Thunder

Bombing against North Vietnam escalates to military bases

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Stennis Committee

The Stennis Committee criticizes Johnson for not increasing the bombing

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Washington Space Treaty Signing Opens

The United States opened the treaty for signature in Washington alongside corresponding ceremonies in London and Moscow.

Space Sovereignty Claims Prohibited

Article Two barred nations from appropriating outer space or celestial bodies through sovereignty claims, occupation or other means.

Astronaut Assistance Principle Formalised

The treaty treated astronauts as envoys of humanity and required states to assist them following accidents or emergency landings.

Space Registry Jurisdiction Protected

Article Eight maintained a registering state's jurisdiction and control over objects launched into outer space and personnel aboard them.

Space Treaty Ratification Completed

The United States completed ratification of the foundational treaty governing peaceful exploration and national activities in outer space.

Economy of USA

Johnson calls for the non-conversion of the U.S. dollar

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Demonstrations

At a White House conference on crime, singer and actress Eartha Kitt denounces the Vietnam War to Lady Bird Johnson while attending a "ladies lunch"

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Battle of Khe Sanh

Battle of Khe Sanh: one of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins, ending on April 8

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship violated its territorial

North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship violated its territorial waters while spying

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

USS Pueblo

North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship violated its territorial waters while spying

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Tet Offensive

An offensive launched by the North Vietnamese to overthrow the South Vietnamese Government

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

USS Pueblo

The North Koreans capture USS Pueblo, Johnson sends 26 more B-52s to the Pacific

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Civil Rights

Civil rights disturbances occur at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Demonstrations

Civil rights disturbances occur at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1963-1969

Civil Rights

A civil rights protest staged at a white-only bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina is broken up by highway patrolmen; 3 college students are killed

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Demonstrations

A civil rights protest staged at a white-only bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina is broken up by highway patrolmen; 3 college students are killed

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Strike

The Florida Education Association (FEA) initiates a mass resignation of teachers to protest state funding of education, in effect, the first statewide teachers strike in the United States

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

ASCII

President Lyndon B. Johnson mandates that all computers purchased by the federal Government support the ASCII character encoding

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

ASCII

President Lyndon B. Johnson mandates that all computers purchased by the federal Government support the ASCII character encoding

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969

Election

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson edges out antiwar candidate Eugene J. McCarthy in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, a vote which highlights the deep divisions in the country, as well as the party, over Vietnam

Role range: 1961-1969 – 1963-1969