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Day of Birth
Leslie Lynch King, Jr.in Omaha, Nebraska.He had one half-brother and two half-sisters. -
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Elementery
Young Ford attends elementary school at Madison Elementary in Grand Rapids, MI. He briefly attends East Grand Rapids Elementary while the family lives there. -
Boy scout
On his twelfth birthday, Ford joins the local Boy Scout Troop 15 of Trinity Methodist Church in Grand Rapids and two years later attains the rank of Eagle Scout. -
Ford graduated highschool
Ford graduated highschool and then went to the University of Michigan. -
Graduation
He graduated from the University of Michagan. -
Name Changes
He legally changes his name to Gerald R. Ford, Jr. -
Yale
Ford graduates in the top third of his law school class at Yale. -
Yale
He worked as a football coach at Yale. -
First job
Gerald Ford enlisted in the army where he had a short military career.Later he returned home where his political career started to take off. -
Congress
He becomepart of the US congressman for Michigan. -
Marrage
Betty and Gerald were married on October 15, 1948 around 4 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. -
U.S. Congressman
Ford is elected to his first term as a U.S. Congressman from Grand Rapids, receiving 60.5% of the vote.Gerald Ford was part of the Republican Party in the White House. -
Birth of 1st child
Michael Gerald Ford was born on Mach 14th ,1950. -
Second term of Congrassman
Ford wins his second term as Congressman from the fifth district with 66% of the vote, and was always involed in politics. -
Brth of 2nd child
John (Jack) Gardner Ford was born. -
3rd child born
Steven Meigs Ford was born on May 19th,1956. -
Birth of 4th child
Susan Elizabeth Ford was born on July 6, 1957. -
Election
Nixon is elected President. -
Elected Vice president
He was vice president for president Nixion. -
Law
Satarted to make a charge of income tax evasion. -
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President
Gerald Ford served for the USA. -
Law
The Freedom of Information Act is passed over Ford's veto. It provides expanded access to government files and allows secrecy classifications to be challenged in court and justified by the appropriate federal authorities. -
Effect on the USA
Ford signs the Privacy Act of 1974, to ensuring the right of Americans to individual privacy, and made sure every single person had their rights in this nation. -
2nd assenation atemt
Ford survived 2 assasination attempts because they didn't like that Nixson was not presient anymore.
This was not the best for the USA's peolpe. -
Death
He died at 93 years old.
Resourses:
http://millercenter.org/president/ford/key-events
http://www.biography.com/people/gerald-ford-9298683
http://domemagazine.com/features/cov011612
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/geraldford
http://marriage.about.com/od/presidentialmarriages/a/fordgerald.htm4
http://www.biography.com/people/gerald-ford-9298683
http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/grf/timeline.asp#Early
