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On This Day, 1905: Theodore Roosevelt ended a war between Russia and Japan, getting both to sign the Portsmouth Treaty - which also allowed the U.S. to maintain its own interests in the Far East. TR would win the Nobel Peace Prize the following year
On This Day. 1975. An assassination attempt against Gerald Ford. In Sacramento, the president saw a gun pointed at him from two feet away; it was held by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme—a member of the Manson family. She did not fire; agents subdued her as Ford was hustled away /1
There would be another attempt on President Ford's life two weeks later, also in northern California. In that incident, a shot was fired - and barely missed
Speaking of presidential assassinations, here's an eerie photo of President Ford - who served on the Warren Commission investigating President Kennedy's murder - driving down Elm Street in Dallas's Dealey Plaza
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