The Reagan Assassination Attempt A Test of Character and Resilience

John Hinckley Jr. — the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, in an assassination attempt — was obsessed with "Taxi Driver" and ... Crimes of the Century looks at the 1981 attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley. Hinckley shot the president because he thought ... About the Vice President | Vice Presidents of the United States ; Walter F. Mondale, Democratic, Jimmy Carter ; George H. W. Bush, Republican, Ronald Reagan ; J. A federal judge approved the release next year for Hinkley, who wounded the late President Ronald Reagan and three others in 1981. The last attempt to assassinate a U.S. president or presidential candidate was in 1981, when Ronald Reagan was shot. John Hinckley, Jr., fired his .22 caliber revolver with “devastator” bullets at the President and his security team. Reagan was wounded when one of the bullets ... The assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan happened on Monday, March 30, 1981, 69 days after becoming President. Ronald Reagan was leaving after a speaking ... John Hinckley Jr. said he doesn't remember what he was feeling when he fired the shots that wounded Ronald Reagan and three others. Author: ... A minute-by-minute account of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. On March 30, 1981, President Reagan walked out of a hotel in Washington, DC, and ... Man who shot Ronald Reagan fully freed from court oversight after 41 years.