| Lyndon Johnson Timeline: Presidential Timeline of Important Events |
 | 1963 | He takes the oath of office on Air Force One on November 22, 1963 following the untimely death of President John F. Kennedy to become the 36th President of the United States. |
| 1963 | The Cold War continued the struggle between communism and democracy. (It was a state of intense political and military rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union) |
| 1963 | The Vietnam War (November 1, 1955 – April 30, 1975) continues.. |
| 1963 | The Clean Air Act of 1963 established funding for the clean-up of air pollution |
| 1964 | The Beatles: The British pop group sensation, the Beatles arrive in New York for their first U.S. tour on February 7, 1964 |
| 1964 | The 24th Amendment was made to the US Constitution making it illegal to make anyone pay a tax to have the right to vote. |
| 1964 | The Vietnam War: Congress approves the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution on August 10, 1964, which grants President Johnson authority to send troops to South Vietnam without a formal declaration of war by Congress. (Civil War had raged in Vietnam from 1954 when the country divided into communist North Vietnam and non-communist South Vietnam). |
| 1964 | Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October 14, 1964 |
| 1964 | The Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev is replaced by Leonid Brezhnev on 15 October 1964 |
| 1964 | The Civil Rights Act: The 1964 Civil Rights Act banned discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing. The new law establishes the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). |
| 1964 | The 25th Amendment was made to the US Constitution changing what happens if a President or Vice President dies, resigns, or is not able to do the job. |
| 1964 | The Hippie Counterculture (1964-1972) begins the era of Flower Power, hippies, the student movement. The Hare Krishna movement emerged during the Hippie Counterculture. |
| 1965 | Lyndon B. Johnson is inaugurated President of the United States. January 20, 1965. He expresses his domestic policy with vision of the 'Great Society' with new programs to help disadvantaged citizens and of a glorious America. |
| 1965 | The introduction of Medicare and Medicaid, a federal government social insurance program, which guaranteed needy people access to health insurance.. |
| 1965 | The Selma Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama |
| 1965 | The Assassination of Malcolm X: The human rights activist Malcolm X is assassinated by other black Muslims in New York City on February 21, 1965 |
| 1965 | Astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young make the first Gemini flight with astronauts on board on March 23, 1965 |
| 1965 | The Kennedy Space Center: Kennedy Space Center headquarters opens on May 26, 1965 |
| 1965 | July 28, 1965: The President increases the number of US troops sent to Vietnam |
| 1965 | The Watts Riots broke out between August 11, 1965 - August 17, 1965 an African American neighborhood in Los Angeles. |
| 1965 | The Voting Rights Act are passed into into law on August 5, 1965. The Voting Rights Act banned the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a condition to voting. |
| 1966 | The Black Power movement emerged in 1966 emphasizing racial pride, social equality and African Heritage. |
| 1966 | The National Organization for Women (NOW) was established in 1966 |
| 1966 | Black Panthers organization was established in 1966 preaching black power, black nationalism and economic self-sufficiency. |
| 1967 | The Space Program: On January 27, 1967 a launch pad fire during tests for the Apollo program kills three astronauts, Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee. |
| 1967 | The Six Day War: The Russians accuse the US of encouraging the Israeli seizure of the Sinai, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the Six Day War. |
| 1967 | The Summer of Love: The Hippie Revolution saw a strong cultural shift and gave rise to the saying "Make Love, not War" encompassing strong anti Vietnam sentiments. |
| 1967 | On January 30, 1968 the Tet Offensive, a massive surprise attack, was launched by the Vietnamese during the Vietnam War. |
| 1967 | The My Lai Massacre of March 16, 1968 saw the mass killing of unarmed Vietnamese people by American troops |
| 1968 | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated |
| 1968 | Robert Kennedy assassinated |
| 1968 | The Pueblo Incident involving the capture of the USS Pueblo, a Navy intelligence ship, by North Korea on January 22, 1968 |
| 1968 | The US and North Vietnam begin peace talks in Paris on May 13, 1968 |
| 1968 | Invasion of Czechoslovakia - August 20, 1968 - August 21, 1968: The USSR and its Warsaw Pact allies invade Czechoslovakia with the intention of restoring Communists to power . |
| 1968 | The Brezhnev Doctrine (November 12, 1968): USSR leader proclaims that the Soviet Union has the right to intervene anywhere in its area of influence. |
| 1969 | His presidency and term in office ends on January 20, 1969. The next US President was Richard M. Nixon |
| Lyndon Johnson Timeline of important Events |
