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 not to seek his...

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.

Lyndon Baines Johnson (/ ˈ l ɪ n d ə n ˈ b eɪ n z /; 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.

2018年3月25日 · LBJ can be heard in the segment, returning to sentences he had decided to alter. He did not rehearse the ending, leaving his options open to the final minute. Later, as he delivered the live...

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 …

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 didn’t...

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 plan to limit US military...

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8月30日 · Johnson stunned everyone when in 1968, he announced he would not run for reelection. Was he motivated by selflessness—a way to heal the country—or selfishness—he just wanted out? It was a ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson responded to the events of 1968 by reaffirming his support of South Vietnamese President Thieu withdrawing U.S. troops from South Vietnam