The Legacy of Strength Reagan's Recovery from the Assassination Attempt

On March 30, 1981 - a little over two months after taking office, Reagan was shot by a would be assassin named John Hinckley. Hinckley had no political agenda. John Hinckley, who wounded then U.S. President Ronald Reagan and ... Following the shooting, it was widely reported that Hinckley had ... On March 30, 1981, AP photographer Ron Edmonds made pictures of the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that would earn him the Pulitzer ... John Hinckley Jr. had poked a .22 calibre revolver through a crowd of people on Florida Walk, Washington DC, and fired six shots at the recently inaugurated US ... Would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. to be released June 15 ... A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has granted unconditional release to would-be ... Hinckley, now 67, shot Reagan as the president was exiting a Washington hotel on March 30, 1981. The very first thing he said to the First Lady when she arrived at the hospital was, “Honey, I forgot to duck,” a reference to a one-liner used by boxer Jack ... NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — John Hinckley Jr. , who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was freed from court oversight Wednesday, ... Within 1.7 seconds of the first shot, a baby-faced spectator in the crowd, soon identified as John W. Hinckley Jr., had emptied the chamber of ... 35 Years Ago Reagan Was Nearly Assassinated · 35 years ago, John Hinckley tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in an attempt to impress ...