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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1399745" data-attributes="member: 1246">Sept. 5, 1975&nbsp;On this day in 1975, President <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/gerald-r-ford" target="_blank">Gerald R. Ford</a> survives an attempt on his life in Sacramento, <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/california" target="_blank">California</a>.The assailant, a petite, red haired, freckle-faced young woman named Lynette Fromme, approached the president while he was walking near the California Capitol and raised a .45 caliber handgun toward him. Before she was able to fire off a shot, Secret Service agents tackled her and wrestled her to the ground. Seventeen days later, another woman, Sarah Jane Moore, a mentally unstable accountant, tried to assassinate Ford while he was in <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/san-francisco" target="_blank">San Francisco</a>. Her attempt was thwarted by a bystander who instinctively grabbed Moore&#039;s arm when she raised the gun. Although she fired one shot, it did not find its target. The bystander, a former Marine and Vietnam veteran named Oliver Sipple, was publicly thanked by Ford three days later</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1399745, member: 1246"] Sept. 5, 1975 On this day in 1975, President [URL='http://www.history.com/topics/gerald-r-ford']Gerald R. Ford[/URL] survives an attempt on his life in Sacramento, [URL='http://www.history.com/topics/california']California[/URL]. The assailant, a petite, red haired, freckle-faced young woman named Lynette Fromme, approached the president while he was walking near the California Capitol and raised a .45 caliber handgun toward him. Before she was able to fire off a shot, Secret Service agents tackled her and wrestled her to the ground. Seventeen days later, another woman, Sarah Jane Moore, a mentally unstable accountant, tried to assassinate Ford while he was in [URL='http://www.history.com/topics/san-francisco']San Francisco[/URL]. Her attempt was thwarted by a bystander who instinctively grabbed Moore's arm when she raised the gun. Although she fired one shot, it did not find its target. The bystander, a former Marine and Vietnam veteran named Oliver Sipple, was publicly thanked by Ford three days later [/QUOTE]

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