Ronald Reagan Targeted for Assassination

The training of the Secret Service was in evidence when an assassination attempt was made on President Ronald Reagan in 1981, this lead to ... 30 March, 1981. Dr. Dennis O'Leary spokesman for GW University Hospital, points out the entry point for the bullet that hit U.S President Ronald Reagan during a ... Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan lay near death after a gunman's bullet came within an inch of his heart. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, has died at the age of 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia. On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, DC hotel by a drifter named John Hinckley Jr. 35 years ago, John Hinckley tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in an attempt to impress actress Jodie Foster. Here's a recap of how it ... Published March 30, 2021 ... One of the bullets, unbeknownst to Reagan or the Secret Service at the time, had bounced off the door of the ... On March 30, 1981, lone gunman John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in broad daylight, nearly killing him. John Hinckley Jr. fired six shots in 1.7 seconds, nearly killing the President and wounding three others, March 30, 1981, outside of the Washington Hilton ... 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 ...