The Reagan Assassination Attempt A Test of National Resolve

On March 30, 1981, lone gunman John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in broad daylight, nearly killing him. John Warnock Hinckley Jr., who spent 35 years in a psychiatric hospital following the 1981 shooting of President Ronald Reagan, ... Ronald Reagan, originally an American actor and politician, became the 40th President of the United States serving from 1981 to 1989. John Hinckley Jr. made an assassination attempt on U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981, as the president was leaving a hotel in Washington, ... President Ronald Reagan, an actor turned politician, was just a little over 60 days in office when he left the Washington Hilton on Monday ... 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. The year was 1981. Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan was shot after leaving a speaking engagement in Washington, D. C. The quick action of ... John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in a failed assassination attempt, was fully released from court restrictions on Wednesday. When President Ronald Reagan was shot on this day, March 30, in 1981, it was anything but funny. The assassination attempt by John W ... President Reagan shot, March 30, 1981 ... A ...