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1945 |
| Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Germany and Japan surrender, ending World War II |
1946 |
| The Cold Warbegan between the United States and the Soviet Union |
1949 |
| NATO formed |
1950 |
| Senator Joseph McCarthy gains power and start Communist witch hunts (1950-1954) - Korean War begins |
1953 |
| Armistice in Korea |
1954 |
| SEATO alliance |
1955 |
| Warsaw Pact |
1956 |
| US installs Diem as leader of South Vietnam |
1957 |
| Civil Rights Act of 1957 - Russians launch Sputnik |
1958 |
| NASA formed |
1959 |
| Cuban Revolution |
1960 |
| Greensboro sit-in - Civil Rights Act of 1960 |
1930 |
| Educated at Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now Texas State University), graduated 1930 then studied at Georgetown Law School |
1934 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson was married to Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) Johnson in 1934. They had 2 children |
1931-37 |
| Lyndon Johnson became Congressional Secretary, 1931-37 |
1937-49 |
| Lyndon Johnson became Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1937-49 |
1949-61 |
| Lyndon Johnson became United States Senator, 1949-61 |
1961-63 |
| Lyndon Johnson became Vice President, 1961-63 (under Kennedy) |
1963 |
| 1963 Lyndon Johnson became the President of the United States of America -Vietnam Conflict (1963 - 1969) |
1964 |
| Civil Rights Act (1964) |
1965 |
| Medicare and Medicaid (1965) |
1968 |
| Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated (1968) - Robert Kennedy assassinated (1968) |
1969 |
| 1969 The Presidency of Lyndon Johnson ended |
1969 |
| Vietnam- Neil Armstrong walks on the moon |
1972 |
| Watergate burglary - Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with USSR |
1973 |
| Skylab first space station launched |
1973 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson died of heart failure on January 22, 1973 in Johnson City, Texas. He was buried at the LBJ Ranch. |
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