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Reagans life before being president
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Reagan campaigns as a Democrat
for Richard Nixon for president -
Ronald Reagan changes his party registration to republican
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Reagan gives a television address
supporting Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater -
Reagans autobiography "Wheres the Rest of Me" is published
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Reagan defeats California Gov. Edmund G.Brown in a landslide.
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Reagan makes a hesitant run for the presidency
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Reagan sends in the national guard to break up protests
at the University of California -
Reagan is re-elected California governor
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reagan anounces that he's running for republican presidency
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He loses the Republican Party's nomination to Gerald Ford
but a strong showing sets the stage for Reagan's election in 1980 -
Reagan announces his candidacy for president.
After winning the party's nomination, he chooses George Bush as his running mate -
Reagan is elected president in a landslide victory over incumbent Jimmy Carter
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Reagan is sworn in as the 40th president of the United States
The same day, Iran releases the 52 remaining hostages who had been held at the U.S. embassy in Tehran for 444 days.
