Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) (Aug. 27, 1908 - Jan. 22, 1973) 38th President of the United States
“Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.” — Lyndon B. Johnson
World events
• Work begins on the Aswan Dam by diverting the Nile to a man-made canal. • Nelson Mandela and seven others are sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa. • South Africa barred from the Olympic Games in Tokyo due to their Apartheid policies.
• The PLO is established with Yasser Arafat as the head. • Civil War breaks out in Cyprus between Greeks and Turks. • A riot during a soccer match between Peru and Argentina ends with 300 fans dead. • Great Train Robbers get 30 years each.
U.S. news
• President Lyndon Johnson declares a War on Poverty campaign. • Warren Commission report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy concludes Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone. Students storm the admin building and stage a sit in at the University of California; 800 were arrested. • James Meredith, an African American and a former U.S. Air Force serviceman, begins his degree at the white-only University of Mississippi in Oxford. • Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston for the World Heavyweight
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THE RAT PACK: Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra Championship. • The first Ford Mustang rolls off the assembly line. • 24th Amendment is passed. • World’s most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude 9.2, strikes Alaska. • Race riots in Harlem, New Jersey, Chicago and Philadelphia. • Dr. Martin Luther King receives Nobel Prize. • Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed into law. • U.S. Surgeon General reports that smoking may lead to lung cancer. • Jack Ruby is convicted of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald.
Popular TV shows
• Bonanza • Bewitched • Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. • The Andy Griffith Show • The Fugitive
Popular movies
• Goldfinger • Mamie • Mary Poppins • The Pink Panther • A Shot In The Dark • My Fair Lady • Last Man on Earth • Lady in a Cage • Dead Ringer
Technology
• BASIC, an easy to learn high level programming language, is introduced. • First Ford Mustang is manufactured. • Sony introduces the first VCR. • The first driver-less train runs on London Underground. • China explodes its first nuclear bomb.
Inventions
• Computer mouse • Bubble wrap
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