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Birth: Omaha Nebraska
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Education
college: Yale Law School 1938-1941, University of Michigan 1935
High School/elementary: -
Military experience
The U.S. Navy, assistant navigator, Athletic Officer, and antiaircraft battery officer. 1946-1963 -
Marriages
Married Betty Ford on October 15, 1948 -
Children
Michael Gerald Ford: March 14, 1950, Belle Mead, Montgomery, NJ
Steven Ford: May 19, 1956, East Grand Rapids
Susan Ford: July 6, 1957, Washington, D.C.
John Ford: March 16, 1952, Cape Elizabeth, ME -
Jobs
Lawyer, Vice president, state represenatative. -
Political party
Republican -
Ford Pardons Nixon
On September 8, 1974, Gerald ford gave Richard Nixon a full, free pardon of his crimes while in office. -
date elected to office
August 9, 1974, white house -
Betty Ford Battles breast cancer
During Gerald Ford's presidency betty ford (his wife) battled breast cancer. She had to undergo a mastectomy. -
WIN campaign
Whip Inflation Now campaign is announced. -
Ford first to japan
Gerald Ford became the first president to visit japan -
freedom of information act
The freedom of information act provides expanded access to government files and allows secrecy classifications to be challenged in court. -
Privacy act
Gerald Ford issues the privacy act of 1974 -
Tax reduction act
The tax reduction act of 1975 calls for a $28.3 billion tax cut. -
Assassination attempt
Lynette Fromme attempted to assassinate Gerald ford in san Francisco -
Assassination attempt
there was another attempt to assassinate Gerald in Sacramento days after the first one -
Sunday Morning Massacre
Henry Kissinger gives up his position as National Security adviser but retains the post of Secretary of State; William Colby is fired as director of Central Intelligence, and James Schlesinger is fired as Secretary of Defense.
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Reagan Challenges Ford
Former California governor Ronald Reagan will challenge Ford for the Republican nomination for President. -
state of the union address
Ford gives his state of the union address -
Americas 200th birthday
During Ford's presidency, it was America's 200th birthday -
Rover Landing
Viking 1 becomes the first to successfully land on mars -
Mao Zedong dies
communist leader Mao Zedong china dies -
NYC campaign
During an NYC campaign, Gerald Ford was pelted by eggs from a protest group. -
Rockefeller
vice president Nelson Rockefeller Resigns -
date left office
Gerald ford left office on January 10, 1977 -
location retired to
Rancho Mirage, California -
ford writes books
examples: A Time to Heal and Humor and the Presidency -
Death
Died: December 26, 2006
What: Cardiovascular disease -
Gerald Ford Burial
he was buried in The Gerald Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids Michigan
