Ronald Reagan The President Who Faced Death and Prevailed

Reagan had not broken a rib from being thrown into the car; he had been shot. One of Hinckley's bullets had ricocheted off of the presidential ... President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel after giving a speech to a union group when John W. Hinckley Jr. opened fire ... Reagan won 489 electoral votes to 49 for President Jimmy Carter. On January 20, 1981, Reagan took office. Only 69 days later he was shot by a would-be ... Carter lost in a landslide to Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980. ... Ohio State getting shot at 6th national title after 28-14 win over ... On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded when attacked on the streets of Washington, D.C. by John Hinckley Jr. ... President Ronald Reagan. In a court hearing Wednesday, an attorney for Hinckley asked a D.C. federal judge to promptly schedule a hearing on ... Archive video shows the moment a gunmen shot former White House Press Secretary James Brady in an attempt to assassinate then-President ... President Ronald Reagan and his press secretary were shot by a young man trying to impress Jodie Foster on March 30, 1981. WASHINGTON - On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel, along with three other ... The would-be assassin got off six shots in 1.7 seconds, nearly taking the life of a president and changing the trajectory of a presidency.