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Google-Pasadena • Related Stories MORE / RELATED NEWS Gerald Rudolph Ford (July 14, 1913 --December 26, 2006) was the 38th President (1974 --1977) and 40th Vice President (1973 --1974) of the United States. • • The last time TVI's Josie Cory covered a Gerald Ford event was on August 27th 2003, at the Toluca Lake, St. Charles Borromeo catholic church in nearby Universal Studios. Both the former President and his wife Betty were attending his best wartime ally's memorial. Bob Hope who with his wife, Dolores Hope, lived just blocks from St. Charles parish, had just died in his Toluca Lake home, at the age of 100. SEE MORE Bob Hope STORY. • •  The former president was the first person appointed to the vice presidency, under the terms of the 25th Amendment, and upon succession to the presidency, became the only person to hold that office without having been elected either president or vice president. • •  Prior to becoming vice president, he served for over eight years as the Republican Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. At the age of 93, Ford was the longest-lived U.S. president. A LOOK AT Presidential Number: 38th Years he was President: 1974 --1977 CONTINUED Insert Photos: TVI cover - January - 2007 MORE / PHOTO IMAGES TimeLine 1913 to 1972 TimeLine 1973 to 2006 1. Feature Story / • 106 / Government This Week's Cover Google KudoAds AMAZON BUY - DVDS • Smart Daaf Boys • Person Of The Week VIEW VIDEO Hong Kong Triad / "Jockey Club" China Open Door •     Returnˆ To Top' 120 PIXELS 3 columns • (Continued) - The Ford administration saw the withdrawal of American forces from the Vietnam War, the execution of the Helsinki Accords, and the continuing specter of inflation and recession. Ford came under intense criticism for granting a pre-emptive pardon to President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal, and was narrowly defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter in the 1976 presidential election. Part 02 / TIMELINE - Life - ACHIEVEMENTS - Timeline of President Gerald R. Ford's Life and Career - MORE TimeLine FROM July 14, 1913 to November1972 October 12, 1973 • 1973 - October 10, Spiro Agnew, under investigation for accepting bribes and income tax evasion,resigns as Vice President of the United States. • 1973 - October 12, Ford is nominated to be Vice President by Richard Nixon. He is the first Vice President nominated under the 25th amendment to the Constitution. • 1973 - November 1, the Senate begins hearings on Ford's nomination as Vice President. • 1973 - November 15, the House Judiciary Committee begins its hearings on Ford's nomination as Vice President. • 1973 - November 27, the Senate approves Ford's nomination by a vote of 92-3. • 1973 - December 6, the House approves Ford's nomination by a vote of 387-35. Ford takes the oath as the fortieth Vice President of the United States in front of a joint session of Congress. • 1974 - January-July, with Nixon embroiled in the growing Watergate scandal, Vice President Ford travels the country speaking on behalf of the administration's policies. Ford remains an advocate and spokesman for the Republican Party, attending fundraisers and campaign events for Republican candidates. • 1974 - April 30, Nixon releases edited versions of the Watergate tapes containing White House conversations. • 1974 - May 9, the House Judiciary Committee begins impeachment proceedings against President Nixon. • 1974 - July 24, the Supreme Court orders Nixon to turn over the unedited versions of the White House tapes. • 1974 - July 27-30, the House Judiciary Committee approves three articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon. • 1974 - August 1, Nixon's Chief of Staff, Al Haig, advises Ford that he should prepare for a transition to the Presidency. • 1974 - August 6, Ford attends a cabinet meeting and tells Nixon that while he will continue to support Nixon's policies, he can longer speak on the issue of Watergate to the media and the public. • 1974 - August 8, Nixon announces his decision to resign in a televised address. • 1974 - August 9, Ford is sworn in as the 38th President of the United States. In his swearing-in remarks, Ford announces "Our long, national nightmare is over." • 1974 - August 12, Ford addresses a Joint Session of Congress. He states, "I do not want a honeymoon with you. I want a good marriage." He also states his first priority is to bring inflation under control, declaring it "public enemy number one." • 1974 - August 19, Ford delivers a major speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Chicago, supporting earned clemency for Vietnam War draft evaders. • 1974 - August 20, Ford nominates Nelson Rockefeller, former Governor of New York, to be Vice President. • 1974 - August 28, Ford holds his first press conference as President. Many of the questions concern unresolved issues surrounding Watergate. • 1974 - September 8, Ford pardons Nixon for any crimes he may have committed as President. The surprise announcement stuns the country and Ford plummets in the polls. • 1974 - September 26-28, Betty Ford is diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoes surgery. • 1974 - September 27-28, 1974 the White House convenes a "summit conference" on inflation and the economy. • 1974 - October 8, Ford announces his Whip Inflation Now program to a joint session of Congress. • 1974 - October 15, Ford signs the Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974, which seek to regulate campaign fundraising and spending. • 1974 - October 17, Ford appears before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice to explain the facts and circumstances that were the basis for his pardon of former President Richard Nixon. • 1974 - October 17, Ford vetoes the Freedom of Information Act Amendments believing not enough protection is given to sensitive and classified intelligence documents. Congress overrides Ford's veto on November 21, 1974 making the bill law. • 1974 - November 1, Ford meets with an ailing Richard Nixon in a Long Beach, California hospital. • 1974 - November 5, Republicans lose 40 seats in the House and 4 in the Senate, widening the Democratic majority in Congress during the mid-term elections. • 1974 - November 17, Ford departs for a visit to Japan -- the first visit to that country by an American President -- and to South Korea and the Soviet Union. • 1974 - November 23, Ford and Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the U.S.S.R., meet in Vladivostok, U.S.S.R. • 1974 - December 19, following Congressional approval, Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as the forty- first Vice President of the United States. • 1975 - January 1, Ford signs the Privacy Act of 1974. • 1975 - January 4, Ford names a Blue Ribbon panel, chaired by Vice President Rockefeller, to review CIA activities within the United States in response to allegations made in a December New York Times article by Seymour Hersh. • 1975 - January 13, Ford delivers a "fireside chat" to the nation, outlining his proposals to fight inflation, the economic recession, and energy dependence. • 1975 - January 15, in his first State of the Union Address, Ford announces bluntly that "the state of the Union is not good: Millions of Americans are out of work. Recession and inflation are eroding the money of millions more. Prices are too high, and sales are too slow." To remedy these problems, Ford proposes tax cuts for American families and businesses, and strongly advocates for the reduction of government spending. - . CLICK FOR MORE TIMELINE     Google Search  TODAY'S PUZZLE? - 2005 / A Brainboost Answer / TIMELINE - Life - ACHIEVEMENTS / February 1976 • 1975 - February 7, Ed Levi is sworn in as the new Attorney General of the United States replacing William Saxbe, whom Ford appoints as U.S. ambassador to India. • 1975 - April 10, as North Vietnamese Army Divisions approach Saigon; Ford addresses a joint session of Congress to request, unsuccessfully, financial assistance for South Vietnam and Cambodia. During the speech two freshman Democrats, Toby Moffett of Connecticut and George Miller of California walk out in protest. • 1975 - April 12, Ford evacuates the U.S. mission in Cambodia as the communist Khmer Rouge advance on the capital Phnom Penh. The Khmer Rouge take over the country on April 17, 1975. • 1975 - April 23, in a speech at Tulane University, President Ford declares that the Vietnam War "is finished as far as America is concerned." • 1975 - April 28, Ford orders the emergency evacuation of American personnel and high-risk South Vietnamese nationals, as Saigon falls to Communist forces. • 1975 - May 12, newly Communist Cambodia seizes the U.S. merchant ship, Mayaguez. Ford orders Marines to rescue the ship's crew. • 1975 - May 28, Ford departs on trip to Europe for a NATO summit meeting, to visit Spain and Italy, and to meet in Austria with President Sadat of Egypt. • 1975 - July 8, Ford formally announces his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in 1976. • 1900 - July 26, the President departs on his second trip to Europe -- "a mission of peace and progress" -- for visits to West Germany and Poland, and finally Helsinki to meet leaders of 34 other nations to sign the final act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. He concludes his trip with visits to Romania and Yugoslavia. • 1975 - September 1, Ford announces a joint Egyptian-Israeli agreement on troop disengagement in the Sinai Peninsula. The agreement is the culmination of 34 days of shuttle diplomacy by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. • 1975 - September 5, Charles Manson follower, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to assassinate President Ford in Sacramento, California. • 1975 - September 22, Sara Jane Moore, a woman with ties to leftwing radical groups, attempts to assassinate President Ford in San Francisco, California. • 1975 - October 2-3, Ford hosts Japanese Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako for a state visit. This is the first state visit for an Emperor and Empress of Japan to the United States. • 1975 - October 29, Ford urges financial restraint and a financial review for New York City during its budget crisis. Ford refuses to support Federal help for New York at this time. He proposes bankruptcy legislation to ensure the City undergoes an orderly default process. On November 26, 1975, after he believes city leaders have begun to adequately address the crisis, he authorizes Congress to extend the City a line of credit. • 1975 - November 4, in what the press dubs the "Halloween Massacre," President Ford orders a reorganization of his cabinet. He names Donald Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary, Elliot Richardson as Commerce Secretary, George Bush as CIA Director, and Richard Cheney as White House Chief of Staff. Henry Kissinger remains Secretary of State; however, he turns over his duties as National Security Advisor to Brent Scowcroft. Under pressure from Republican Party Conservatives, Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller withdraws his name from consideration as Ford's 1976 running mate. • 1975 - November 15-17, 1975 Ford attends an economic summit at Rambouillet, France with President Valery Giscard d'Estaing of France, Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of West Germany, Prime Minister Aldo Moro of Italy, Prime Minister Takeo Miki of Japan, and Prime Minister Harold Wilson of the United Kingdom. • 1975 - November 20, former California Governor Ronald Reagan announces that he will challenge Gerald Ford for the Republican presidential nomination in 1976. • 1975 - November 28, Ford nominates Judge John Paul Stevens of the Seventh Circuit of the Court of Appeals in Chicago to the United States Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice William O. Douglas. The Senate unanimously approves Stevens by a 98-0 vote. He is sworn in on December 19, 1975. • 1975 - November 29, Ford departs for visits to People's Republic of China, the Philippines, and Indonesia. • 1975 - December 19, Ford opposes to the Tunney Amendments of the Defense Appropriations Bill but the Senate passes them. The amendments prohibit funding for US covert operations in Angola aimed at defeating the Soviet and Cuban backed MPLA factions in the Angolan Civil War. • 1976 - January 2, Ford vetoes the Common Situs Picketing Bill. • 1976 - February 18, in an effort to reform the U.S. intelligence community, Ford signs Executive Order 11905 to "establish policies to improve the quality of intelligence needed for national security, to clarify the authority and responsibilities of the intelligence departments and agencies, and to establish effective oversight to assure compliance with law in the management and direction of intelligence agencies and departments of the national government." This executive order also prohibits the United States from engaging in political assassination. • 1976 - February 26, Ford edges Reagan by 1,250 votes in New Hampshire primary, taking 17 of 21 delegates. This begins a string of primary victories for Ford which include Florida and Illinois before a series of losses from challenger Reagan in North Carolina, Texas, Georgia, Alabama, and Indiana. • 1976 - March 25, Ford sends a message to Congress requesting a special appropriation for the National Swine Flu Immunization Program. He signs the measure into law on August 12, 1976. • 1976 - June 20, Ford orders the evacuation of the US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon following the assassination of embassy officials on June 16. • 1976 - July 4, America's Bicentennial of independence. The year is marked by numerous head of state visits and state gifts to the United States. On July 4, President Ford attends events at Valley Forge, PA; Operation Sail in New York City; and in Philadelphia, PA. • 1976 - July 7, President and Mrs. Ford welcome Queen Elizabeth II to the White House for a state dinner as part of the Bicentennial celebration. • 1976 - August 18, when North Korean soldiers axe-murder two U.S. soldiers on a tree-pruning mission in the Demilitarized Zone, Ford weighs strong military action but decides on other measures. • 1976 - August 19, Ford is nominated at the Republican Convention edging out former California Governor Ronald Reagan. Ford names Senator Robert Dole of Kansas as his running mate. Public opinion polls following the convention have Ford trailing the Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter by wide margins. The Gallup poll favors Carter 56% to 33% and the Harris poll favors Carter 61% to 32%. • 1976 - September 13, Ford signs the Government in the Sunshine Act requiring that many government regulatory agencies must give advance notice of meetings and hold open meetings. The new law also amends the Freedom of Information Act "by narrowing the authority of agencies to withhold information from the public." • 1976 - September 15, Ford kicks off his general election campaign at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. • 1976 - September 23, first presidential campaign debate between President Ford and Governor Jimmy Carter in Philadelphia. This is the first presidential candidate debate since the Nixon-Kennedy debates in 1960. • 1976 - October 6, second presidential candidate debate, on foreign policy and defense issues, in San Francisco. During the debate Ford comments that, "there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a Ford administration." This misstatement is fodder for the press and public for the next several days. • 1976 - October 22, third and final presidential candidate debate in Williamsburg, Virginia. • 1976 - November 1-2, President Ford attends his final campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the Pantlind Hotel. He casts his vote on November 2 and attends the unveiling of the Gerald R. Ford mural by artist Paul Collins at the Kent County Airport before returning to Washington. • 1976 - November 3, Ford concedes the Presidential election to Jimmy Carter of Georgia. Ford loses the Electoral College 297-240 and receives 39,147,793 votes (48% of the votes cast) to Carter's 40,830,763 (50.1% of the votes cast). • 1976 - December 14, Ford sends a letter to the Archivist of the United States and the President of the University of Michigan offering to deposit his papers in a Presidential Library to be built on the University of Michigan campus. • 1977 - January 12, 1977 In his final State of the Union Address, Ford tells Congress and the American People, "I can report that the state of the union is good. There is room for improvement, as always, but today we have a more perfect Union than when my stewardship began." • 1977 - January 20, Carter is sworn in as the 39th President of the United States. In his inaugural address, Carter states, "For myself and for our Nation, I want to thank my predecessor for all he has done to heal our land." Ford retires to Palm Springs, California and Vail, Colorado. During his retirement, Ford serves on various corporate boards, participates in many charitable causes, remains involved in many national and international causes and issues, participates in many Republican Party functions, and is called to service several times by later Presidents. • 1977 - March 9, President and Mrs. Ford sign contracts to publish their memoirs. • 1977 - March 24, Ford returns to the White House for the first time since he left office and meets with President Carter in the Oval Office. They meet for an hour and a half discussing a range of national and international issues. • 1977 - June 6, Ford's memoir, A Time to Heal, is published. • 1977 - Fall 1979 Ford considers another run for the Presidency in the 1980 election. • 1980 - March 16, Ford officially takes himself out of consideration for the Republican Presidential nomination, stating "…America needs a new President. I have determined that I can best help that cause by not being a candidate for President, which might further divide my party." • 1980 - July, at the Republican National Convention in Detroit, Michigan, representatives of Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford attempt to work out the details of having Ford on the ticket as Vice Presidential nominee, but to no avail. However, many newspapers inaccurately report that Ford has been selected for the post. • 1980 - November 1, Ford appears on NBC's Meet the Press to discuss the Iranian hostage situation and stump for candidate Reagan. • 1981 - April 27, Ford dedicates his Presidential Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. September 18, 1981 Ford dedicates his Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. • 1981 - October 10, at the request of President Reagan, Ford joins former Presidents Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter as part of the official American delegation attending the funeral of assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. • 1982 - October 3, the Betty Ford Center is dedicated. • 1982 - November 10, Ford hosts a conference on the Presidency and the War Powers Act at the Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. • 1983 - December 1983 Ford makes a cameo appearance with Henry Kissinger on the ABC show Dynasty. • 1984 - November 15, Ford joins President Carter for a symposium at the University of Michigan on "New Weapons Technologies and Soviet-American Relations." • 1986 - September 17-19, Ford hosts the symposium "Humor and the Presidency" at the Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. • 1987 - January-February. To mark the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, Ford participates in conferences with former President Carter at both the Carter and Ford Libraries entitled, "The Presidency and the Constitution." • 1987 - October 1, Ford publishes Humor and the Presidency drawn from the September 1986 conference at the Ford Presidential Museum. • 1987 - November 18, former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford meet with President-Elect George H.W. Bush to present the recommendations of the American Agenda Group, an organization of experts and former administration officials who studied the most critical issues confronting the United States. • 1989 - April 6-8, Ford and many members of his administration participate in a conference at Hofstra University that examines the Ford presidency. • 1994 - October 8, the University of Michigan retires President Ford's football jersey number 48 at halftime of the Michigan State game. It is only the fifth football number to be retired by the university. • 1996 - August 12, Ford speaks at the Republican National Convention in San Diego, California on behalf of his former running mate and Republican presidential nominee, Robert Dole. • 1998 - December 22, following by the House of Representatives' impeachment of President Clinton, Ford co-authors a New York Times Op-Ed piece with former President Carter. They argue for a bipartisan resolution of censure as an alternative to an impeachment trial. • 1999 - August 8, Ford writes an Op-Ed piece in the New York Times defending the University of Michigan's system of admission standards that uses affirmative action. • 19099 - August 11, President Ford is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, by President Clinton. • 1999 - October 27, President Ford receives the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award bestowed by the Legislative branch. • 2000 - April 7, in conjunction with the opening of nearly 40,000 pages from the Ford Library's holdings on the Vietnam War, President Ford hosts the conference "After the Fall: Vietnam Plus Twenty-Five," at the University of Michigan. • 2000 - May 11, President Ford attends the ceremony that renames the Kent Country International Airport after him. • 1900 - September 12, Ford is present as The University of Michigan's School of Public Policy is renamed for him. • 2001 - January 30, former Presidents Ford and Carter are honorary Co-Chairmen of the National Commission on Federal Election Reform. The Commission presents its findings to the White House on July 31, 2001. • 2001 - May 21, the John F. Kennedy Foundation presents Ford with the Profiles in Courage Award for putting the nation's interest above his own political future with the pardon of Richard Nixon. • 2000 - September 14, following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, President and Mrs. Ford attend the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance ceremony at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. • 2003 - October the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) establishes the "NCAA President's Gerald R. Ford Award." The award honors an individual who has provided significant leadership as an advocate for intercollegiate athletics on a continuous basis over the course of their career. The first recipent of the award was Father Theodore Hesburgh, former President of Notre Dame. • 2004 - September 20, the State Bar of Michigan honors President Ford, recognizing him as the state's twenty-ninth legal milestone. • 2004 - November 12, President Ford attends the groundbreaking for the new Joan and Sanford Weill building that will house the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. • 2006 - March the NCAA names President Ford as the fourteenth most-influential student- athlete of the last 100 years. • 2006 - June 19, the National Archives hosts a tribute to President Ford, entitled "President Ford's Washington and the World." The tribute featured presentations by former Ford administration officials including: Henry Kissinger, David Gergen, James Cannon, and Carla Hills. • 2006 - On December 26, Geral Ford passes away in Rancho Mirage., California.   ByLines: Related Stories Life - ACHIEVEMENTS - MORE TimeLine FROM July 14, 1913 to November1972 MORE STORY - SKY FORUM "You see things that are and ask why. I see things that never were and say why not?" - George Bernard Shaw. 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