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The Question: Who swore in Lyndon Johnson? The Answer: On Nov. 22, 1963, after President Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Vice President…Hubert H. Humphrey
Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. was the vice president of the United States under President Lyndon Johnson from 1965-69. He was then the Democratic candidate for president in 1968, when he was narrowly…Katharine Graham
Katharine Graham headed the Washington Post from 1963 until 1993 and was one of the era's most prominent American women. Graham's father, the financier Eugene Meyer, bought the Post in 1933 and later…Famous Presidential Speeches
Fireside chats, inaugural speeches, war declarations, and more George Washington First Inaugural AddressFarewell Address Thomas Jefferson First Inaugural Address Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg…J. J. Pickle 2005 Deaths
J. J. PickleAge: 91 Democratic politician from Texas who, during his 15 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, championed Social Security. A former aide to Lyndon Johnson, Pickle was…John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck was one of the best-known American novelists of the mid-20th century. His frequent topic, in books like The Grapes of Wrath, was the plight of the misfits, the homeless and the…Morley Safer
Morley Safer was a television journalist who spent nearly 50 years with CBS News, a co-host of 60 Minutes, one of the longest running and most-watched shows in American television. Safer was a…2002 National Book Awards
The 53rd Annual National Book Awards were presented November 20, 2002, at New York City's Marriott Marquis Hotel.Fiction:Three Junes, Julia Glass (Pantheon Books)Nonfiction:Master of the…Juanita Craft House
Juanita Craft House Dallas, Texas Both Martin Luther King, Jr., and President Lyndon Johnson visited this ordinary home to seek advice from the extraordinary civil-rights activist Juanita…Elizabeth Dole
Elizabeth Dole is a former Republican senator from North Carolina, former Secretary of Transportation, and former candidate for president in 2000. She is also the wife of former U.S. Senator Bob Dole…Trending
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