Gerald Ford was born on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. A star college football player, he served in the Navy during WWII. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1948, Ford represented Michigan's 5th District for nearly 25 years before suddenly finding himself at the crossroads of history.
This was done in honour of the defeat of the last Moorish stronghold, which had been Spanish Granada, by the Catholic King and Queen of Spain. Granada, Nicaragua was historically the sister capital in Central America to Antigua, Guatemala.
Nicaragua (/ Ë n Éª k É Ë r ÉË É¡ w É, - Ë r Ã¦ É¡-, - É¡ j u É / ( listen); Spanish: [nikaËÉ¾aÉ£wa]), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (Spanish: RepÃºblica de Nicaragua (help Â· info)), is the largest country in the Central American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.