When future President Gerald Ford graduated from the University of Michigan, he faced a choice that might have been decided ...

May 1975 - Cambodia seizes the American ship Mayaguez. Ford sends in the Navy, Marines and Air Force. The ship is retaken and the crew of 39 is rescued, although 41 American service members are killed ...

Football is one of the most popular sports in the USA and has become a staple of American culture. Even former Presidents have played college football in the NCAA’s 150-year history, with others ...

Born: July 14, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska... Gerald Ford, who had never entered a national election, succeeded to both the vice presidency and the presidency without having received a single vote.