President Lyndon B. Johnson ... look on her face, very determined. You know how a woman can be. And she said, 'Mr. President, I can't swim!' " The near-calamity didn't dampen Johnson's love ...

Born: August 27, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas... Lyndon Johnson was the first president to appoint an African American to the Supreme Court. On June 13, 1967, Johnson named Thurgood Marshall ...