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Start of presidency.
Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States. -
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Gerald Ford
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Vice President.
Ford nominates Nelson Rockefeller to be Vice President. -
Ford pardons Nixon for crimes he may have committed.
Because of this Ford's approval rating plummets. -
Summit conference.
White House holds the "summit conference" on inflation and the economy. -
Freedom of Information Act Amendments
Ford vetoes the Freedom of Information Act Admentments because he felt that not enough protection was given to classified intelligence documents. -
Freedom of Information Act Amendments
Congress overroad Ford's veto which made the bill law. -
Vice President
Rockefeller is sworn in as the 41st Vice President of the United States. -
State of Union Address
Ford states that the Union is not good and that millions of Americans are unemployed. Also, prices are to high and sales are to slow. He proposed tax cuts for families and businesses. -
Evacuation of the U.S. Mission
Ford evacuated the mission in Cambodia as the Khmer Rouge advanced on the capital, Phnom Penh. The Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia on April 17, 1975. -
Vietnam
Ford states that the Vietnam War is done as far as America is concerned during a speech at Tulane University. -
Security and Cooperation in Europe
Ford joins the leader of 34 nations in signing the Final act of the Conference.Europe was seeking an end to their communist regimes. -
Egyptian-Israeli agreement
Ford announced a joint Egyptian-Israeli agreement on troop disengagement in the Sinai Peninsula. -
Assassination
Ford is almost assassinated in Sacramento by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme. -
Ronald Reagan
Reagan announces that he will run against Ford for the Republican presidential nomination in 1976, -
Tunney Amendments of the Defense Appropriations Bill
Ford opposed the Amendments but the Senate passed them. The Amendments prohibit funding for US activities aimed at defeating the Soviet and Cuban MPLA factions in the Angolan Civil War. -
New Hampshire primary
Ford edged Reagan by 1,250 votes, taking 17 of 21 delegates. It began a string of victories for Ford. -
Campaign
Ford became the first President since Truman to campaign by train as he crossed southern Michigan. -
Evacuation of Beirut, Lebanon
Ford ordered the evacuation of the US enbassy in Lebanon after the assassination of embassy officials on June 16th. -
Election
Ford lost the election to Jimmy Carter, 39,147,793 (48%) to 40,830,763 (50.1%). -
Jimmy Carter
Carter is sworn in as the 39th President of the United States.