Reagan's Assassination Attempt A Test of Character

On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded when attacked on the streets of Washington, D.C. by John Hinckley Jr. John Hinckley, 68, who shot and wounded president in 1981, hoped to play first gig as folk musician after previous show promoters pulled ... The Day Reagan Was Shot is a direct-to-DVD feature film co-produced by Oliver Stone and stars Richard Dreyfuss as Secretary of State Alexander Haig, the late ... President Ronald Reagan was shot and nearly killed as he left the Washington Hilton Hotel on March 30, 1981 — 40 years ago as of Tuesday. “ ... 40 YEARS AGO TODAY: On March 30, 1981, an attempted assassin shot President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. President Reagan, then 70, was shot March 30, 1981, by deranged gunman John Hinckley — a little more than two months into his first-term. Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated, shot by John ... Ronald Reagan, the 40th president. Reagan was leaving a speech in ... On March 30, 1981, President Reagan was shot and rushed to surgery. In the midst of this tragedy, his cabinet had to handle a major question. On 30 March 1981, just 69 days into his presidency, Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded outside the Washington Hilton by John Hinckley Jr in an assassination ... John Hinckley, who shot and wounded US president Ronald Reagan in 1981, has been freed from court oversight, officially concluding decades of supervision.