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Squeaky Fromme (pictured), a devotee of Charles Manson, attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California.
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Squeaky Fromme
American cultist and failed presidential assassin (born 1948)
Lynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme is an American woman who was a member of the Manson Family, a cult led by Charles Manson. Though not involved in the Tate–LaBianca murders for which the Manson family is best known, she attempted to assassinate US President Gerald Ford in 1975. For…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Charles Manson
American criminal and cult leader (1934–2017)
Charles Milles Manson was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some cult members committed a series of at least nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969. In 1971,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in Sacramento
1975 assassination attempt in California, U.S.
On September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a member of the Manson Family cult, attempted to assassinate United States president Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California. Fromme, who was standing a little more than an arm's length from Ford, pointed a M1911 pistol at him in the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gerald Ford
President of the United States from 1974 to 1977
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party, Ford assumed the presidency after the resignation of President Richard Nixon, under whom he had served as the 40th vice president from 1973 to 1974…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sacramento, California
Capital city of California, United States
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California. The county seat of Sacramento County, it is located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in the Sacramento Valley. It is the fourth-most populous city in Northern California, sixth-most populous…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)