Ronald Reagan's Assassination Attempt A Catalyst for Change

The assassination attempt against Donald Trump comes 43 years after President Ronald Reagan was shot. ... What impact did the shooting have? On March 30, 1981, @judywoodruffpbs was part of the press pool traveling with President Ronald Reagan. He had just delivered a speech at the ... Reagan was seriously injured in the shooting, as were a Secret Service agent and DC police officer on the scene. James Brady, his press ... March 30, 1981: President Ronald Reagan shot by John Hinckley ... Just 69 days into his presidency, Ronald Reagan was shot while leaving the ... Washington, March 30 -- President Reagan was shot in the chest today by a gunman, apparently acting alone, as Mr. Reagan walked to his limousine after ... It was then we learned I'd been shot & had a bullet in my lung. Getting shot hurts. Still my fear was growing because no matter how hard I tried ... The last time an American president was injured in an assassination attempt was 43 years ago, when 25-year-old John Hinckley Jr. shot President ... On March 30, 1981, John W. Hinckley, Jr., shot President Ronald Reagan and several others in a failed assassination attempt. WASHINGTON (AP) — The would-be assassin got off six shots in 1.7 seconds, nearly taking the life of a president and changing the trajectory ... Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die. Of Irish descent, he was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917.