Timeline Monday 20 January 1969

Events on Monday 20 January 1969 3

• 1963 – 1969 L.B. Johnson presidency 36th President — 1963 to 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency on November 22, 1963 after Kennedy's assassination. He signed the Civil Rights Act (1964), Voting Rights Act (1965) and Medicare, but escalated US involvement in Vietnam.
• 1969 Nixon inaugurated Richard Nixon becomes 37th US President Richard Nixon was inaugurated as the 37th President of the United States on January 20, 1969, succeeding Lyndon B. Johnson.
• 1969 – 1974 Nixon presidency 37th President — resigned 1974 Richard Nixon served as the 37th President from January 20, 1969 until his resignation on August 9, 1974 — the only US president to resign. He opened relations with China, ended the Vietnam War, and created the EPA before Watergate destroyed his presidency.