Ronald reagan

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  • birth

    Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico Illinois

  • collage

    collage
    he went to eureka collage in and graduated in 1932

  • acting career

    acting career
    he was a actor i Holly wood and preformed in films such as bonzo

  • Governor of California

    Ronald Reagan was the governor of California, his political party was republican. his term was to 1967-1972

  • first run for president

    Ronald ran for president in 1976 but ended up losing to jimmy carter.

  • second run for president

    second run for president
    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.

  • assassination attempt

    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

  • 1984 presidential election

    1984 presidential election
    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%.

  • ending the cold war

    ending the cold war
    Ronald Reagan forced the soviets to tear down the Berlin wall and he abolished the soviet union.

  • Diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

    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.

  • Death

    Death
    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.