The Ronald Reagan Assassination Attempt A Historical Perspective

John Hinckley, Jr. tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Days after announcing on social media that he planned to open a music ... John Hinckley shot and wounded Ronald Reagan and staff members as he left the Hilton Hotel. On March 30, 1981, John W. Hinckley, Jr., shot President Ronald Reagan and several others in a failed assassination attempt. The attempted assassination of Reagan – On March 30, 1981, six shots were fired at President Ronald Reagan outside the Hilton Hotel in ... Hinckley shot Reagan and three others in a 1981 failed assassination attempt in Washington, D.C.. 40 YEARS AGO TODAY: On March 30, 1981, an attempted assassin shot President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. 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 ... On March 30, 1981, Hinckley, then 25, shot Reagan, police officer Thomas Delahanty, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and press secretary ... John W. Hinckley Jr. tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in Washington, D.C.. President Reagan waves to the crowd immediately before being shot ... fired six shots at President Ronald Reagan outside... Read more.