When he died in 2006, 93-year-old Gerald Ford was the longest-lived U.S. president. That milestone, however, might never have been reached if not for the actions of a man from southern Minnesota.

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.

The Gerald R. Ford class is the future aircraft carrier replacement class for Enterprise and Nimitz class aircraft carriers for the U.S. Navy. The Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was ordered from Newport ...