The Reagan Diaries: Book Report Timeline

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  • Reagan's Birth in Tampico, IL.

    Ronald Wilson Reagan is born from the loving parents of Nele Wilson Reagan and her husband John Edward Reagan, this is their second child.
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    Ronald Reagan Lifetime

  • Reagan's family considers Dixon, IL their hometown for Ronald.

    After multiple movings all over the northern part of Illinois, they settle in Dixon.

  • Ronald Reagan graduates High School.

    Reagan graduated Dixon High School. He was an all-star sports player, and was a student body president.

  • Reagan Joins ROTC for a couple of years

    Ronald Reagan joined ROTC and graduated as a second lieutenant in the army, however this does not last very long, as Warner Brothers offers him a contract into filming.

  • Reagan Becomes an Actor

  • Marries actress Jane Wymen

    Reagan Marries the actress Jane Wymen

  • Reagan plays a part in the film Knute Rockne

    This was an espicially important time for Reagan considering it was a popular movie.

  • First child Maureen is born

    Reagan and Jayne have their first child Maureen

  • Reagans adopt Micheal

    The Reagans adopt a boy named Micheal, and Reagan continues his acting career after WWII.

  • Reagan becomes President of Screen Actors Guild

    Reagan is elected president of the Screen Actors Guild for the first of five ocnsecutive terms, Reagan testifies as a friendly witness before the House Commitee on Un-American activities, causing many communist directors and writers to be blacklisted

  • Reagan and Wymen Divorce

  • Reagan campaigns for Californian Senator

  • Reagan Weds Nancy Davis

  • WORLD: Korean War Ends

  • Reagan Campaigns for Eisenhower's re-election

  • WORLD: Fedel Castro declares Cuba Communist, U.S. cuts Diplomatic Ties, Red Scare begins.

  • Reagan Campaigns Richard Nixon for Pres.

  • Reagan Changes party registration to Republican

  • WORLD: U.S. Troops arrive in Communist Vietnam

  • Reagan becomes Californian Gov.

    Reagan won by a landslide

  • WORLD: France has Educational Reform, Several EU Countries follow suit

  • Reagan Re-elected as Californian Gov

  • Reagan announces Candidacy for President

    After winnning the nomination, he choose Bush as his running mate.

  • Reagan wins election

  • WORLD: Assisination Attempt on Pope

  • Assasination Attempt on Reagan

  • Reagan proposes bill that will raise debt ceiling.

  • WORLD: U.S. Falls into worst Recession it's had

    The Recession was taken harshly, and it was at the time the largest recession the United States had gone through since the Great depression.

  • Reagan Submits Fiscal Bill, planning on "staying the course"

  • Reagan gives emotional speach about D-Day anniversary

  • Reagan's second inauguration

  • WORLD: U.S. Space Shuttle Challenger explodes during flight

  • Reagan orders airstrikes in Lybia

    The airstrikes were for retalliation against the Berlin Bombing.

  • Reagan Gives "Farewell Speech"

  • WORLD: Berlin Wall gets torn down

  • Reagan gives speech in Germany concerning the wall

  • Reagan gets Alzheimer's Disease

  • WORLD: Soviet Union Dissolves

  • Reagan passes away

    He passed away in his Californian home, at the age of 93.