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At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man's unending search for freedom.

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Lyndon B. Johnson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 27
Died: 1973
Died: January 22
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I'll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
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