Today in History: September 5, Ford survives assassination attempt by Manson follower
In the present day is Friday Sept the th day of There are days left in the year In the modern day in history On Sept President Gerald R Ford survived an assassination attempt by Lynette Squeaky Fromme a disciple of Charles Manson in Sacramento California Also on this date In the first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia Related Articles Full text USA vs City of Boston sanctuary city Trust Act lawsuit Jury convicts Florida matriarch in murder-for-hire killing of her former son-in-law Young man and the sea Teen fishing off New England coast catches huge halibut bigger than him Justice Department sues Boston over its sanctuary city policies Michelle Wu has repeatedly chosen to shield these criminals Joe Biden undergoes surgery to remove skin cancer on forehead In Sam Houston won the first presidential balloting in the newly established Republic of Texas In the Treaty of Portsmouth was signed ending the Russo-Japanese war for his efforts in mediating the peace negotiations U S President Theodore Roosevelt was awarded the Noble Peace Prize the following year In Jack Kerouac s novel On the Road was published In Muhammad Ali as Cassius Clay won the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing division at the Olympic Games in Rome In Palestinian militants attacked the Israeli Olympic delegation at the Munich Games killing two and taking nine others hostage five of the militants a German police officer and all nine hostages were killed in the following hours In four hijackers who had seized a Pan Am jumbo jet on the ground in Karachi Pakistan opened fire on the jet s passengers a total of passengers and crew members were killed before Pakistani commandos stormed the jetliner In the th annual Naval Aviation Symposium held by the Tailhook Association opened in Las Vegas during the four-day gathering there were reports that as a great number of as people largest part of them women were sexually assaulted or otherwise harassed The episode triggered the resignation of Navy Secretary Henry L Garrett III In the current era s Birthdays Actor Lucille Soong TV Fresh Off the Boat is Baseball Hall of Hamer Bill Mazeroski is Actor William Devane is Actor George Lazenby is Film director Werner Herzog is Singer Al Stewart is Cathy cartoonist Cathy Guisewite GYZ -wyt is Actor Michael Keaton is Actor Rose McGowan is Olympic gold medal gymnast Tatiana Gutsu is Actor Carice Van Houten is Mixed martial artist Francis Ngannou is Olympic gold medal figure skater Yuna Kim is Soccer participant Bukayo Saka is
