Ronald Reagan Target of a Deadly Plot

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 ... Ronald Reagan, the 40th president ... Reagan was leaving a speech in Washington, D.C., and walking to his motorcade when he was shot by John ... When Ronald Reagan, a strong anti-communist, took office as president in 1981, he was determined to assert America's power and put a stop to any Soviet ... 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. Ronald Reagan · George H. W. Bush · William J. Clinton · George W. Bush · Barack ... On April 4, 1841, he died — the first President to die in office — and with ... On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot as he was exiting the Washington Hilton Hotel. President Reagan was rushed to George ... Hinckley believed the attack would impress actress Jodie Foster. Mug shot of John Hinckley taken after he was arrested. "On March 30, 1981, outside the Washington Hilton Hotel, a shaggy-haired Hinckley aimed his gun at President Ronald Reagan and fired six times," ... In 1981, then President Ronald Reagan was shot outside a hotel in downtown Washington. CBS News' Robert Costa reflects on that historic shooting ... Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan lay near death after a gunman's bullet came within an inch of his heart.