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Two unrelated assassination attempts were made on President Ford in California, both by women. The first was on 5 September 1975 in Sacramento by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme of Charles Manson infamy and the second in San Francisco 17 days later by Sara Jane Moore. Fromme's attempt failed because she had failed to lock and load her .45 automatic and therefore pulled the trigger on an empty chamber. Moore had her aim deflected by a bystander and failed to get off a second round.

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In Sacramento, California on September 5, 1975, a follower of incarcerated cult leader Charles Manson named Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford, but was thwarted by a Secret Service agent.

Seventeen days later, on September 22, 1975, another woman, Sara Jane Moore, also tried to kill Ford. The one shot she fired missed the President.

*Fromme spent 34 years in prison after being convicted, and was paroled in 2009.

*Moore served 30 years of a life sentence and was paroled in 2007 at age 77.

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nobody, but there were assassination attempts. Both of them where girls and one of them was Charles Manson's sister.

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Sarah Jane Moore attempted to assassinate Gerald R. Ford.

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No Gerald R. Ford was not assassinated

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