2013 Event Declassified CIA documents reveal that during the Iran-Iraq War, top Reagan administration officials gave Iraq information on the location of Iranian troops 2004 Death Ronald Reagan, president, governor and actor, dies at 93 2001 Death Maureen Reagan, speaker/activist, dies at 60 1991 Event Kitty Kelly publishes a book knocking Nancy Reagan 1989 Event President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All Star Game 1989 Event Queen Elizabeth II knights Ronald Reagan 1989 Event Reagan becomes 1st President elected in a "0" year, since 1840, to leave office alive 1989 Event President Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon 1988 Event North subpoenas Reagan and Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial 1988 Event Reagan signs credit-card disclosure-bill 1988 Event Congress overrides Reagan's veto of sweeping civil rights bill 1988 Event President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp 1988 Event New York City Mayor Koch calls Reagan a "WIMP" in the war on drugs 1988 Event Mulroney and Reagan sign Canada-U.S. free trade agreement 1987 Event President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles 1987 Event 1st lady Nancy Reagan undergoes a modified radical mastectomy 1987 Event Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland 1987 Event President Reagan's veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by Congress 1987 Event President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran 1986 Event Reagan administration exceeds SALT II arms limitations for 1st time 1986 Event Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal 1986 Event U.S. president Reagan confesses weapon sales to Iran 1986 Event Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill 1986 Event Reagan and Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Iceland 1986 Event President Reagan decides to support a replacement for Challenger 1986 Event Nancy Reagan cuts red, white and blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty 1986 Event President Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty 1986 Event Tip O'Neill, Representative-D-Massachusetts, refuses to let Reagan address House 1986 Event President Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments 1986 Event Doctors at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's colon 1986 Event President Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency 1986 Event President Reagan orderes 2 Poseidon-class submarines be dismantled 1986 Event President Reagan appoints Dr. James C Fletcher NASA Administrator 1986 Event President Reagan announces formation of Commission on Challenger Accident 1986 Event U.S. president Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya 1985 Event Terrorists kill 20 and wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome and Vienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi 1985 Event President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser 1985 Event President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for 1st time 1985 Event President Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands 1985 Event President Reagan orders sanctions against South Africa 1985 Event Doctors discover a cancerous growth in President Reagan's colon 1985 Event Inaugural bands parade for President Reagan 1985 Event U.S. president Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua 1984 Event President Reagan (R) landslide (won 49 states) re-election over Mondale (D) 1984 Event President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa 1984 Event President Reagan announces Teacher in Space project 1984 Event Republican convention in Dallas renominates President Reagan and Vice President Bush 1984 Event Republican convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan for president 1984 Event During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes" 1984 Event President Reagan visits China 1984 Event President Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term 1983 Event President Reagan became 1st U.S. President to address Japan's legislature 1983 Event President Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin L. King day 1983 Event Congress authorized President Reagan to keep 1,600 U.S. Marines in Lebanon 1983 Event President Reagan signs a $165B bail out for Social Security 1983 Event President Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue 1983 Event U.S. president Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars" missile defense plan (SDI) 1983 Event President Reagan calls the U.S.S.R. an "Evil Empire" 1983 Event Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for U.S. military aid 1983 Event Reagan ends U.S. arms embargo against Guatemala 1982 Event President Reagan proclaims war against drugs 1982 Event John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity 1982 Event President Reagan 1st United Nations General Assembly address, "evil empire" speech 1982 Event Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament 1982 Event President Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth 1982 Event President Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts 1982 Event Trial of John W. Hinckley, Jr. attempted assassin of Reagan, begins 1982 Event President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya 1981 Event President Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence 1981 Event Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333) 1981 Event President Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral 1981 Event John Hinckley, Jr. pleads innocent in attempt to kill President Reagan 1981 Event Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell (28) 1981 Event Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him 1981 Event CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax) 1981 Event President Reagan shot and wounded by John W Hinckley III 1981 Event Ronald Reagan inaugurated as president 1980 Event President-elect Reagan appoints J Kirkpatrick (UN) and James Watt (Interior) 1980 Event Alexander Haig named Reagan's Secretary of State 1980 Event Ronald Reagan, Jr. marries Doria Palmieri 1980 Event Ronald Reagan (R) defeats President Jimmy Carter (D) by a landslide 1980 Event President nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court 1980 Event Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president 1980 Event Ronald Reagan nominated for President by Republicans in Detroit 1980 Event Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests 1979 Event Ronald Reagan in New York announces his candidacy for president 1978 Event Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR 1975 Event Ronald Reagan announced candidacy for Republican nomination for president 1966 Event Actor Ronald Reagan elected governor of California 1958 Birthday Ronald Prescot Reagan, Jr., Louisiana, President son/TV host, Ron Reagon Show 1958 Birthday Ron Reagan, American Journalist 1957 Birthday Jim Morris, impressionist/comedian, Ronald Reagan, George Bush 1955 Birthday John Hinckley, Jr., shot and wounded President Reagan, 1981 1953 Event "General Electric Theater" premieres on CBS TV; Reagan later hosts 1952 Birthday Patti Davis, born in Los Angeles, California, daughter of Nancy Reagan/writer, Bondage 1952 Event Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis 1946 Birthday David Stockman, Reagan's ex-budget director 1946 Birthday Michael Reagan, talk show host, Ronald's son 1941 Birthday Maureen Reagan, 1st daughter, Ronald Reagan 1940 Birthday James Brady, press secretary, wounded during Reagan assassin attempt 1933 Birthday Adolfo, Cardones Cuba, fashion designer, Nancy Reagan 1932 Birthday William Odom, American, NASA director, Soviet Union expert, U.S. Army lieutenant general, advised Carter, Reagan 1923 Birthday Nancy Reagan, New York City, 1st Lady, 1981-89 1922 Birthday Bill Blass, born in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, fashion designer, Nancy Reagan 1917 Birthday Jane Wyman, born in Missouri, actress, film, television, Academy Award-winner, first wife of U.S. President Ronald Reagan 1911 Birthday Ronald Reagan, born in Illinois, 40th President, Republican, 1981 - 1989 1905 Death John H. Reagan, American Politician 1818 Birthday John Henninger Reagan, Attorney General, Confederacy 1818 Birthday John H. Reagan, American Politician
