1996 Death Pamela Lyndon Travers, writer (Mary Poppins), dies at 96 1994 Death Godfrey Quigley, actor (Barry Lyndon, Educating Rita), dies at 71 1988 Event Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud 1988 Event Lyndon LaRouche pleads innocent to fraud, conspiracy indictment 1982 Death Patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60 1973 Death Lyndon B Johnson, president (1963-69), dies at his Texas ranch at 64 1973 Death Lyndon B. Johnson, American President 1968 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson announces he will not seek re-election 1968 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from U.S. paper money 1967 Event Lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda marries in White House 1967 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting 1967 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson sets up commission to study cause of urban violence 1967 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson and Alexei Kosygin hold 1st of 2 summit meetings in Glassboro, New Jersey 1966 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson signs a bill creating Department of Transportation (DOT) 1966 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson signs Freedom of Information Act 1966 Event 1st black selected for President cabinet (Lyndon Baines Johnson selects Robert C Weaver-HUD) 1966 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson says U.S. should stay in South Vietnam until communist aggression ends 1965 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson signs Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing voting rights for blacks 1965 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson signs Medicare bill, which goes into effect in 1966 1965 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson sends 50,000 more soldiers to Vietnam 1965 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote 1965 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson's "Great Society" State of the Union Address 1964 Event In El Paso, Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border 1964 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater for president 1964 Event Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson 1964 Event Lyndon B. Johnson nominated at Democratic convention 1964 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson signs anti-poverty measure totaling nearly $1 billion 1964 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson presents "Great Society" 1964 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson asks for a War on Poverty 1964 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson reveals U.S. secretly developed the A-11 jet fighter 1964 Event President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty" 1963 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson sets up Warren Commission to investigate assassination of John F. Kennedy 1963 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson proclaims Nov 25 a day of national mourning (for John F. Kennedy) 1963 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson sworn in as 36th U.S. president 1963 Event U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visits Netherlands 1961 Event U.S. vice-president Lyndon B. Johnson visits West Berlin 1961 Birthday David Huff, born in America, David Lyndon Huff, drummer, songwriter, producer, session musician, founder, Giant, 1980's hard rock band, member of White Heart, a Christian rock band 1955 Birthday Julia Lyndon, born in Buffalo, New York, playmate, August, 1977 1947 Birthday Lyndon Harrison, born in Britain, Baron Harrison, life peer, House of Lords, Member of the European Parliament 1989 - 1999 1947 Birthday Luci Baines Johnson Nugent Turpin, daughter of President Lyndon Baines Johnson 1947 Birthday Marisa Berenson, New York City, actress, Barry Lyndon, Death in Vienna, SOB 1944 Birthday Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, Lyndon Baines Johnson's daughter 1934 Event Lyndon B. Johnson marries Claudia Alta Taylor 1929 Birthday John Naisbitt, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, author, public speaker, futures studies, wrote, 'Megatrends', 1982, sold over 9 million copies in 57 countries, special assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson 1928 Birthday Hardy Kruger, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, Barry Lyndon, Wrong is Right 1926 Birthday Lyndon Brook, actor, Invasion, Reach for the Sky 1923 Birthday Godfrey Quigley, actor, Barry Lyndon, Educating Rita, Rooney 1922 Birthday Lyndon LaRouche, American presidental candidate, 1980 1908 Birthday Lyndon B Johnson, Stonewall, Texas, D, 36th President, 1963-1969 1908 Birthday Lyndon B. Johnson, American President 1899 Birthday Pamela Lyndon Travers, writer, Mary Poppins
