Ronald Reagan A President Assaulted by History

After a single term in office, he was swept aside by Republican Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election, winning just six states. ... killed both his ... Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan dies. On June 5, 2004, Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, dies after a long ... 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. In a letter sent before the attack, Hinckley, now 66, confessed that his motive in attempting to kill the President was to impress Foster, whom ... Ronald Reagan is killed on the 69th (don't say nice) day of his presidency. Given his large electoral victory just five months earlier, he is ... On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr.; ... President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel after giving a speech to a union group when John W. Hinckley Jr. opened fire ... 482 votes, 136 comments. On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was nearly assassinated in an attempt by John Hinckley Jr. As Reagan was ... When President Ronald Reagan was shot on this day, March 30, in 1981, it was anything but funny. The assassination attempt by John W. John Hinckley, who wounded then U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three others in a 1981 assassination attempt, was released without ...