work of American artists at the White House Festival of the Arts. July 14 – President Johnson signs the Older Americans Act. July 28 – President Johnson announces further deployment of U.S. military forces to Vietnam, raising U.S. presence there to 125,000 men and increasing the monthly draft call to 35,000. July 30 – Social Security Amendments of 1965 August 9 – President Johnson accepts a proposal from William Womack Heath to build the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. August 10 – Housing and Urban Development Act August 11 – Watts riots result in 34 deaths, over 1,000 injuries, and widespread property damage and looting in Los Angeles. September 10 – President Johnson visits New Orleans shortly after it was struck by Hurricane Betsy, which flooded over 3/4ths of the city. October 3 – Immigration and Nationality Act November 8 – Higher Education Act 1966 January 6 – The text of a telegram by President Johnson to Carl Sandburg is released on the bulletin board in the White House's Press Room. January 6 – The text of a telegram by President Johnson to the ailing Chester Nimitz is released on the bulletin board in the Press Room. January 7 – President Johnson issues a statement on the members of the Advisory Council on Insured Loans to Students. January 7 – President Johnson issues Proclamation 3696, a termination of increased duty on clinical thermometers imports. January 10 – President Johnson releases a statement mourning the death of Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri. January 10 – In a statement, President Johnson announces the appointment of James L. Goddard for Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. January 11 – President Johnson issues Executive Order 11265, amending a prior executive order to establish the National Defense. January 12 – President Johnson delivers the 1966 State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress. January 13 – President Johnson holds his fifty-third news conference in the Fish Room during the afternoon. President Johnson answers questions from reporters on the District of Columbia, Vietnam, Housing and Urban Development Department, women in military service, and continuation of American peace efforts. February 5 – President Johnson meets with South Vietnamese officials, including prime minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and head of state Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, in Honolulu, Hawaii to discuss the Vietnam War. February 8 – President Johnson releases the Honolulu