The Legacy of John Hinckley Jr. Mental Illness and the Ronald Reagan Shooting

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 ... President Reagan is shot by John Hinckley in an assassination attempt while returning to the President's motorcade following a conference at the ... On March 30, 1981, Ronald Reagan, then president of the United States, was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C., ... He believed that if he could impress Foster, she would date him. As Reagan left the Washington Hilton hotel, Hinckley fired six shots in two ... Then-US President Ronald Reagan sent the Iranian government a five ... It is the deadliest incident in which a plane was shot down to date. The attempted assassination of Reagan – On March 30, 1981, six shots were fired at President Ronald Reagan outside the Hilton Hotel in ... On March 30, 1981, Hinckley, then 25, shot Reagan, police officer Thomas Delahanty, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and press secretary ... John Hinckley Jr., who wounded then President Reagan and three others in a failed assassination attempt in 1981, will win unconditional release next year as ... Connally had been governor of Texas when he was shot during the assassination of President Kennedy. ... Ronald Reagan, if they delayed release of ... On March 30, 1981 the United States had a very close call when John Hinckley, Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan.