On March 31, 1968, then-incumbent U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson made a surprise announcement during a televised address to the nation that began around 9 p.m., [1] declaring that he would not seek re-election for another term and was withdrawing from the 1968 United States presidential election.

2018年3月30日 · On March 31, 1968, Lyndon B. Johnson appeared on national television and announced that he was partially halting the U.S. bombing of Vietnam, and that he had decided …

2018年3月25日 · President Lyndon B. Johnson is shown during his nationwide television broadcast from the White House on March 31, 1968. Much of the history of 1968 we recall now is relived through the TV...

2024年7月11日 · In March 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson was nearly 40 minutes into a speech on the Vietnam War when he closed with a stunning announcement: He would not …

For twenty years, the story behind President Johnson’s withdrawal has remained a mystery. Now, on the anniversary of his decision, his former secretary reveals the drama of LBJ’s biggest...

2018年3月24日 · A half-century has passed since President Lyndon B. Johnson stunned Americans by announcing, in a televised address on March 31, 1968, that he was drastically reducing the bombing of North...

2018年3月30日 · Fifty years ago Saturday, President Lyndon Baines Johnson shocked the world by withdrawing from the 1968 presidential campaign.

2017年7月23日 · Hubert Humphrey ultimately obtained the nomination and ran an acceptable race—but did not win, against Richard Nixon. In the years that have passed there has been conjecture as to why LBJ...

2024年7月3日 · Most recently, in 1968, Lyndon B. Johnson shocked the country when he made the surprise announcement that he would not run at the end of an Oval Office speech on his …

Lyndon Baines Johnson (/ ˈlɪndən ˈbeɪnz /; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963.