May 1975 - Cambodia seizes the American ship Mayaguez. Ford sends in the Navy, Marines and Air Force. The ship is retaken and the crew of 39 is rescued, although 41 American service members are killed ...
September 5, 1975 – Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson ... renames its School of Public Policy the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. August 2, 2000 – Suffers ...
In September 1975, two California women each tried unsuccessfully to assassinate President Gerald ... "Squeaky" Fromme, a 26-year-old Charles Manson disciple, tried to shoot Ford in Sacramento ...
Maybe she’ll get a new nickname once she’s on the outside. Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, the waif-like Charles Manson follower who tried to shoot President Gerald Ford outside the Capitol in Sacramento in ...
Among her one-time fellow inmates were a who’s who of bad girls. For instance, former Manson family member Lynette Squeaky Fromme was jailed for her attempt to kill President Gerald Ford. And there ...
It was St. Patrick's Day in 1976, and President Gerald Ford wanted to dance. He'd thrown a state dinner for Liam Cosgrave, the prime minister of the Republic of Ireland. He had fashion designer ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — One of West Michigan’s most popular breweries has opened a new shop inside Gerald R. Ford International Airport. Bell’s Brewery opened its first location in Kalamazoo ...
Steven Ford, the son of late President Gerald Ford, delivered the eulogy Thursday that his father had written for late President Jimmy Carter. Steven Carter reflected on Carter's death with ...
Says Brinkley: "What Ronald Reagan did to Gerald Ford in '76: he questioned whether this man was capable of being president, whether he had what it took. So Jimmy Carter had a very wounded Gerald ...
In 1976 Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter ran a heated campaign against incumbent President Gerald Ford. But in a development that seems increasingly foreign to today's partisan environment ...