Archive for January 4th, 2022

FIRST WOMAN TO COMMAND A CARRIER

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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.

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

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GREAT SOCIETY PLAN ON THIS DAY IN 1965

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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.

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

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