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Sara Jane Moore

Sara Jane Moore, American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford (died 2025)

Born
February 15, 1930
Died
September 24, 2025
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1930

About Sara Jane Moore

Sara Jane Moore (née Kahn; February 15, 1930 – September 24, 2025) was an American accountant and FBI informant who attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford in 1975. Moore believed the attack would spark a violent revolution across the nation that would lead to the U.S. government being overthrown for how they handled the Vietnam War. She was given a life sentence for the attempted assassination, but she was released from prison on December 31, 2007, after serving 32 years. Moore and Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme are the only two women who have attempted to assassinate an American president. Both attempts were on Gerald Ford and took place in California within three weeks of one another. Moore was released under a policy that required parole hearings for inmates who had served at least 30 years of a life sentence and maintained a clean disciplinary record. On May 28, 2009, Moore appeared on NBC's Today program, her first television appearance since she left prison on parole. Moore graduated from Stonewall Jackson High School.

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The world when Sara Jane Moore was born

Sara Jane Moore was born in 1930. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1930

  • #1 song"Georgia on My Mind" – Hoagy Carmichael
  • Top movieAll Quiet on the Western Front
  • Best-selling bookCimarron – Edna Ferber

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBobby Jones wins the Grand Slam of golf
  • Top headlineFirst FIFA World Cup held in Uruguay
  • Technology milestonePlanet Pluto discovered
  • Defining fadMiniature golf craze
  • Notable inventionScotch tape
  • World population2.07 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHerbert Hoover
  • Sports championPhiladelphia Athletics (World Series)
  • U.S. population123.2M

1930 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Sara Jane Moore's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19302026
Gas$0.20$3.45/gal
Average home$6,000$435,000
Average income$3,500$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population123.2M341 million

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