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Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico Illinois
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he went to eureka collage in and graduated in 1932
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he was a actor i Holly wood and preformed in films such as bonzo
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Ronald Reagan was the governor of California, his political party was republican. his term was to 1967-1972
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Ronald ran for president in 1976 but ended up losing to jimmy carter.
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1980 presidential election featured Reagan against incumbent President Jimmy Carter and was conducted amid a multitude of domestic concerns as well as the ongoing Iran hostage crisis. Reagan's campaign stressed some of his fundamental principles: lower taxes to stimulate the economy, less government interference in people's lives, states' rights, and a strong national defense. Ronald Reagan ended up winning.
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On March 30, 1981–69 days into the new administration—Reagan, his press secretary James Brady, Washington police officer Thomas Delahanty, and Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy were struck by gunfire from would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. outside the Washington Hilton hotel. Ronald ended up surviving and people say he was spared be god
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Reagan was re-elected, winning 49 of 50 states. The president's overwhelming victory saw Mondale carry only his home state of Minnesota (by 3,800 votes) and the District of Columbia. Reagan won a record 525 electoral votes, the most of any candidate in United States history, and received 59% of the popular vote to Mondale's 41%.
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Ronald Reagan forced the soviets to tear down the Berlin wall and he abolished the soviet union.
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In August 1994, at the age of 83, Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, an incurable neurological disorder which destroys brain cells and causes death.
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Reagan died of pneumonia, complicated by Alzheimer's disease, at his home in the Bel Air district of Los Angeles, California, on the afternoon of June 5, 2004.
