Today in History: September 5, Ford survives assassination attempt by Manson follower
In current times is Friday Sept the th day of There are days left in the year Currently 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 Trump to sign executive order renaming Pentagon the Department of War California man led Utah police on -mile chase going mph including miles in wrong direction Tickets for of the largest US lottery jackpots were purchased in California Alabama man accused of threatening California Catholic abbey is denied bail Tesla says its robotaxi app now open to population riders In Sam Houston won the first presidential electoral process 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 multiple as people preponderance 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 performer Bukayo Saka is