The Day Ronald Reagan Was Shot A Moment that Changed History

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 ... President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel ... Parr didn't know Reagan had been shot. But when the president ... John Hinckley shot and wounded Ronald Reagan and staff members as he left the Hilton Hotel. The training of the Secret Service was in evidence when an assassination attempt was made on President Ronald Reagan in 1981, this lead to ... President Reagan passed John Hinckley, who was part of the crowd. Hinckley was able to fire six shots, all missing the president. WASHINGTON - On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel, along with three other ... James Brady, the former White House press secretary shot in the head during a 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, has died at 73. 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 ... On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously wounded outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr. Also wounded were. On March 30, 1981, lone gunman John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in broad daylight, nearly killing him.