SAN DIEGO (AP) — The USS Abraham Lincoln deployed this
week from San Diego under the command of Capt. Amy
Bauernschmidt, the first woman to lead a nuclear carrier in
U.S. Navy history.

Bauernschmidt, who previously served as the Abraham
Lincoln’s executive officer from 2016 to 2019, took over
command from Capt. Walt Slaughter during a ceremony
last August.

USS Abraham Lincoln in San Diego Bay. (US Navy)

On January 4, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered the
first televised evening State of the Union Address.

Johnson laid out for Congress a laundry list of legislation needed
to achieve his plan for a Great Society.

As a result Congress enacted sweeping legislation in the areas of
civil rights, health care, education and the environment. 

The 1965 State of the Union address heralded the creation of Medicare/Medicaid, Head Start, the Voting Rights Act, the Civil
Rights Act, the Department of Housing and Urban Development
and the White House Conference on Natural Beauty.

President Lyndon Baines Johnson signs the Voting Rights
Act of 1965.