The Strength of a Leader Ronald Reagan's Response to the Assassination Attempt

On March 30th, 1981, President Reagan was shot ... Reagan and Crisis: Assassination Attempt. Clip: Season 24 | 2m 50s. On ... John Hinckley, Jr. on assassination attempt. The man behind the assassination attempt on former President Ronald Reagan in 1981 blamed his poor mental health ... An attempted Presidential assassination shook Central Jerseyans ― and the nation ― when President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest on Monday, ... The 25th Amendment and the Attempted Assassination of President Reagan ... On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot as he was ... 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 ... Today in History: Pres. Ronald Reagan target of assassination attempt. By Dominic Genetti, Digital Reporter ... If they had gone to the White House and not straight to the George Washington [hospital], he would have died. Just as the assassination of JFK ... Police and Secret Service agents react during the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan outside the. Mike Evens/AFP via Getty Images ... In 1981, President Ronald Reagan became the first incumbent president of the United States to survive being struck by a would-be assassin's ... Author Del Quentin Wilber does a splendid job of recreating the events of John Hinckley's near assassination of President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981.