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2004 Ronald Reagan, actor/president/governor, CA, dies at 93

2001 Maureen Reagan, speaker/activist, dies at 60

1991 Kitty Kelly publishes a book knocking Nancy Reagan

1989 President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All Star Game

1989 Ronald Reagan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth

1989 Queen Elizabeth II knights Ronald Reagan

1989 Reagan becomes 1st President elected in a "0" year, since 1840, to leave office alive

1989 President Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon

1988 North subpoenas Reagan and Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial

1988 Reagan signs credit-card disclosure-bill

1988 Congress overrides Reagan's veto of sweeping civil rights bill

1988 President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp

1988 New York City Mayor Koch calls Reagan a "WIMP" in the war on drugs

1988 Mulroney and Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement

1987 President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles

1987 1st lady Nancy Reagan undergoes a modified radical mastectomy

1987 Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland

1987 President Reagan's veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by Congress

1987 President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran

1986 Reagan administration exceeds SALT II arms limitations for 1st time

1986 Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal

1986 U.S. president Reagan confesses weapon sales to Iran

1986 Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill

1986 Reagan and Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Iceland

1986 President Reagan decides to support a replacement for Challenger

1986 Nancy Reagan cuts red, white and blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty

1986 President Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty

1986 Tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House

1986 President Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments

1986 Doctors at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's colon

1986 President Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency

1986 Prest Reagan orderes 2 Poseidon-class submarines be dismantled

1986 President Reagan appoints Dr. James C Fletcher NASA Administrator

1986 President Reagan announces formation of Commission on Challenger Accident

1986 US president Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya

1985 Terrorists kill 20 and wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome and Vienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi

1985 President Reagan appoints Vice Adm John Poindexter as security adviser

1985 President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for 1st time

1985 President Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands

1985 President Reagan orders sanctions against South Africa

1985 Doctors discover a cancerous growth in President Reagan's colon

1985 Inaugural bands parade for President Reagan

1985 U.S. president Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua

1984 President Reagan (R) landslide (won 49 states) re-election over Mondale (D)

1984 President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa

1984 President Reagan announces Teacher in Space project

1984 Rep convention in Dallas renominates President Reagan and VP Bush

1984 Republican convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan for president

1984 During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes"

1984 President Reagan visits China

1984 President Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term

1983 President Reagan became 1st U.S. President to address Japan's legislature

1983 President Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin L. King day

1983 Congress authorized President Reagan to keep 1,600 U.S. Marines in Lebanon

1983 President Reagan signs a $165B bail out for Social Security

1983 President Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue

1983 U.S. president Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars" missile defense plan (SDI)

1983 President Reagan calls the U.S.S.R. an "Evil Empire"

1983 Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for U.S. military aid

1983 Reagan ends U.S. arms embargo against Guatemala

1982 President Reagan proclaims war against drugs

1982 John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity

1982 President Reagan 1st United Nations Gen Assembly address, "evil empire" speech

1982 Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament

1982 President Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth

1982 President Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts

1982 Trial of John W. Hinckley, Jr. attempted assassin of Reagan, begins

1982 President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya

1981 President Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence

1981 Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333)

1981 President Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral

1981 John Hinckley, Jr. pleads innocent in attempt to kill President Reagan

1981 Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell (28)

1981 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him

1981 CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax)

1981 President Reagan shot and wounded by John W Hinckley III

1981 Ronald Reagan inaugurated as president

1980 Pres-elect Reagan appoints J Kirkpatrick (UN) and James Watt (Interior)

1980 Alexander Haig named Reagan's Secretary of State

1980 Ronald Reagan, Jr. marries Doria Palmieri

1980 Ronald Reagan (R) defeats President Jimmy Carter (D) by a landslide

1980 President nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court

1980 Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president

1980 Ronald Reagan nominated for President by Republicans in Detroit

1980 Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests

1979 Ronald Reagan in New York announces his candidacy for president

1978 Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR

1975 Ronald Reagan announced candidacy for Rep nomination for president

1966 Actor Ronald Reagan elected governor of California

1958 Ronald Prescot Reagan, Jr., Louisiana, President son/TV host, Ron Reagon Show

1958 Ron Reagan, American Journalist

1957 Jim Morris, impressionist/comedian, Ronald Reagan, George Bush

1955 John Hinckley, Jr., shot and wounded President Reagan, 1981

1953 "General Electric Theater" premieres on CBS TV; Reagan later hosts

1952 Patti Davis, born in Los Angeles, California, daughter of Nancy Reagan/writer, Bondage

1952 Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis

1946 David Stockman, Reagan's ex-budget director

1946 Michael Reagan, talk show host, Ronald's son

1941 Maureen Reagan, 1st daughter, Ronald Reagan

1940 James Brady, press secretary, wounded during Reagan assassin attempt

1933 Adolfo, Cardones Cuba, fashion designer, Nancy Reagan

1923 Nancy Reagan, New York City, 1st Lady, 1981-89

1922 Bill Blass, born in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, fashion designer, Nancy Reagan

1914 Jane Wyman, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1st Mrs. Ron Reagan, Magnificent Obsession

1911 Ronald Reagan, born in Illinois, 40th President, R, 1981-89

1905 John H. Reagan, American Politician

1818 John Henninger Reagan, Atty Gen, Confederacy

1818 John H. Reagan, American Politician



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