2013 Event The USS Gerald R. Ford is christened by the U.S. Navy; the aircraft carrier cost $15.5 billion and technically the most advanced ship ever built 2007 Event Gerald Ford is buried in Grand Rapids, Michigan 2004 Event Former President Gerald Ford suffers a stroke during the Republican National Convention 1997 Death Denis Gerald Barrington, artist, dies at 67 1996 Death Gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74 1996 Death Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner, dies at 70 1996 Death Gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer, dies at 76 1996 Death Gerald McArthur, detective, dies at 70 1996 Event Gerald Williams is 1st New York Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game 1996 Death Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer (3 Weeks), dies at 86 1996 Death Gerald Joseph Mulligan, baritone saxophonist/composer, dies at 68 1995 Death Gerald M Durrell, British zoologist/author (Mockery Bird), dies at 70 1994 Death Gerald Bledsoe, DJ (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of heart attack at 51 1993 Death Gerald Thomas, director (Carry on), dies at 72 1989 Event Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Major Dad) 1987 Event Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of President Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison 1987 Death Gerald Moore, England, pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87 1987 Death Gerald Brenan, English writer, dies at 92 1986 Event Cleveland Browns' Gerald McNeil sets the team record for the longest punt return with an 84-yard run (and TD), Browns 24, Detroit 21 1985 Death Scott Brady, Gerald Tierney, actor (Shotgun Slade), dies at 60 1984 Death Gail Kubik, U.S. composer (Gerald McBoing Boing), dies at 69 1983 Death Gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75 1981 Event President Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral 1981 Event Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game 1978 Event Gerald Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Elizabeth Colvin 1976 Event Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford for president 1976 Event President Gerald R. Ford won Republican President nomination at Kansas City convention 1976 Death Gerald Smith, antisemite / catholic, National Christian Crusade, dies at 78 1975 Event Sara Jane Moore pled guilty to trying to kill President Gerald Ford 1975 Event President Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for New York City 1975 Event U.S. president Gerald Ford visits China 1975 Event Assassination attempt on president Gerald Ford 1975 Birthday Mark Gerald Keddell, Christchurch New Zealand, 200m 1996 Olympics 1974 Event Gerald Ford and Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT-2-treaty 1974 Event President Gerald Ford pardons former President R Nixon of all federal crimes 1974 Event Prest Gerald Ford signs Employee Retirement Income Security Act 1974 Event Richard Nixon resigns presidency, Vice President Gerald Ford becomes 38th president 1973 Event Gerald Ford sworn-in as 1st unelected Vice President, succeeds Spiro T. Agnew 1973 Event Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald R Ford as Vice President 1973 Event Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as Vice President 1973 Birthday Gerald McBurrows, safety for the St. Louis Rams 1970 Birthday Gerald Ressman, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 1970 Birthday Gerald Vaughn, CFL defensive back for the Hamilton Tiger Cats 1969 Birthday Gerald Dixon, NFL linebacker, Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals 1968 Death Gerald Mohr, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue), dies at 54 1966 Birthday Gerald Williams, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, outfielder, New York Yankees 1965 Birthday Gerald Diduck, born in Edmonton, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers 1964 Birthday Gerald Perry, NFL tackle for the Oakland Raiders 1963 Birthday Gerald Sandel, soccer player, Sparta 1963 Birthday Gerald Wilkins, NBA guard, Orlando Magic 1963 Birthday Gerald Williams, NFL defensive end for the Carolina Panthers 1963 Death Gerald Vann, British Theologian 1959 Birthday Jerry Only, born in Lodi, New Jersey, Gerald Caiafa, bassist, singer for the Misfits, horror punk, hardcore punk genres, creator, Devilock, hair style 1956 Death Gerald Raphael Finzi, composer, dies at 55 1956 Birthday Steve Ford, actor, Young and Restless, son of President Gerald Ford 1952 Event Gerald D. Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Angela Dowding 1951 Birthday Gerald Grosvenor, English 6th duke of Westminster/billionaire 1951 Birthday Gerald Anthony, actor, Marco Dane-General Hospital, One Life to Live 1950 Birthday Michael Ford, son of President Gerald and Betty Ford 1948 Event Gerald Ford upsets Rep Bartel J Jonkman in Michigan 5th Dist Representative primary 1948 Birthday Gerald McRaney, born in Collins, Mississippi, actor, Rick-Simon and Simon, Major Dad 1947 Birthday Gerald McRaney, Collins Mississippi, actor, Simon and Simon, Major Dad 1945 Birthday Gerald Davies, British rugby player 1942 Birthday Gerald Alston, U.S. singer, Manhattans-Crazy 1942 Birthday Gerald Mark Shapiro, composer 1942 Birthday Gerald Chanberlain, rocker 1939 Birthday Gerald Ronson, English multi-millionaire 1936 Birthday Gerald Scarfe, British Artist 1934 Birthday Ron Nesson, press secretary, Gerald Ford 1934 Death Gerald du Maurier, British actor-manager (Unmarried, Escape), dies 1933 Birthday Gerald Masters, South African/British author, Pan Book of Dates 1932 Birthday Gerald P Carr, Denver Colorado, Col USMC/astronaut, Skylab 4 1931 Birthday Gerald Warner, deputy secretary, Cabinet Office 1930 Birthday Denis Gerald Barrington, artist 1930 Birthday Gerald B. H. Solomon, born in Okeechobee, Florida, Representative-R-New York 1979 - 1999 1930 Birthday Gerald B. H. Solomon, Politician 1930 Birthday Gerald Kaufman, British MP, shadow Foreign Secretary 1929 Birthday Gerald M. Edelman, Scientist 1929 Birthday Gerald Harper, broadcaster/actor, Tunes of Glory, Extra Day 1928 Birthday Gerald Arpino, Staten Island, New York, choreographer 1927 Birthday Robert Orben, magician, comedy writer, author, specializes in observational comedy, wrote, 'Encyclopedia of Patter', 'Speaker's Handbook of Humor', speechwriter for Vice President Gerald R. Ford, became Director, White House Speechwriting Department 1926 Birthday Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner 1925 Birthday Gerald Malcolm Durrell, Britain, zoologist/writer, Mockery Bird 1924 Birthday Gerald D Lascelles, son of English princess Mary 1923 Birthday Gerald Long, journalist/CEO, Reuters 1923 Birthday Gerald Gotting, East Germany president, CDU 1922 Birthday Gerald Moverley, Roman Catholic bishop, Hallam 1921 Birthday Gerald S O'Loughlin, New York City, actor, Storefront Lawyer, Rookies, Wheels 1919 Birthday Gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer, post-war WI all-rounder 1918 Birthday Gerald Wilson, Shelby Mississippi, orchestra leader, Redd Foxx 1917 Birthday Gerald Cash, Governor-General, Bahamas 1916 Birthday Gerald McArthur, detective 1914 Birthday Gail Kubik, South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, composer, Gerald McBoing Boing 1914 Birthday Gerald Mohr, born in New York City, actor, Christopher-Foreign Intrigue 1913 Birthday Gerald R. Ford, 41st Vice President, 1973-74, 38th President, R-1974-77 1909 Birthday Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer, Heart of the Matter 1909 Birthday Al Capp, Alfred Gerald Caplin, New Haven, Connecticut, cartoonist, Li'l Abner 1909 Birthday Gerald Bond, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1938, 0 and 0-16 1908 Birthday Gerald Strang, Claresholm Canada, composer 1907 Death Gerald Massey, English Poet 1907 Birthday Gerald Abrahams, born in Liverpool, author, Teach Yourself Chess 1906 Birthday Gerald Vann, British Theologian 1904 Birthday Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenber----dorff, Sr, near Hamburg, Germany 1901 Birthday Gerald Finzi, composer 1901 Birthday Gerald Raphael Finzi, composer 1899 Birthday Gerald Moore, England, pianist, Am I Too Loud 1894 Birthday Gerald F Bogan, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II-Pacific Ocean 1894 Birthday Gerald Brenan, English writer 1883 Birthday Lord Berners, Gerald Tyrwhitt, England, composer, 1st Childhood 1883 Birthday Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners, 14th baron/composer 1879 Birthday Gerald Festus Kelly, artist 1874 Birthday Gerald du Maurier, born in London, England, actor, Power, Escape, Masks and Faces 1840 Death Gerald Griffin, American Author 1828 Birthday Gerald Massey, English Poet 1803 Birthday Gerald Griffin, American Author
