#OTD in 1975 - just 17 days after Squeaky Fromme had broken the glass ceiling on attempted presidential assassination - Sara Jane Moore fired a .38 at President Gerald R. Ford in San Francisco. Former Marine Oliver Sipple foiled her second shot and possibly saved Ford's life. 
NBC News coverage of the second assassination attempt of President Gerald R. Ford. #OTD in 1975.
Fun Fact: Sara Jane Moore, would-be presidential assassin of Gerald Ford, briefly escaped from prison in Alderson, WV in 1979. She was recaptured outside the Greenbrier (home to a then-secret govt bunker). Squeaky Fromme escaped from the SAME prison in '87. Both are now released.
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