Lyndon Baines Johnson
The 36th US president, Lyndon Baines Johnson, also popularly known as LBJ, served from 1963 to 1969. Having left behind a strong legacy, LBJ was known for driving the U.S. forward in several symbolic areas. When he was president, he passed several gun, civil rights and welfare laws. In addition, he expanded Medicaid and Medicare and a Social Security law was symbolically passed during his term.
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Johnson’s Near Death Experience
During the Second World War, Lyndon B. Johnson almost lost his life. He was supposed to be on-baord a plane called the Wabash Cannonball which was responsible for a bombing mission in the South Pacific. Just before the plane departed, he ran off to the restroom only to return and see that the plane had left without him. It would turn out that the bomber would crash and kill all its passengers.
Johnsons Near Death Experience
