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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he became an important figure in the American conservative movement. The period encompassing his presidency is known as the Reagan era.
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entertainment · President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 · television actor · film actor · politician · character actor · screenwriter · military officer · actor · trade unionist · announcer · statesperson · also Ronald Reagan, President Reagan, President Ronald Reagan, Reagan
Born 6 February 1911 · Died 5 June 2004 · Q9960
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When the Lord calls me home, whenever that may be, I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours and eternal optimism for its future.
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2026· 38 entries
Libertad Digital: Cuando había clase media con Ronald Reagan: por qué 'E.T.' sigue siendo importante
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AOL.co.uk: Raleigh bikes ruled from Ronald Reagan's Chopper to Paddy McGuinness's Grifter
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Foreign Policy: How Ronald Reagan Used Diplomacy to End the Cold War
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Agencia Noticias Argentinas: Pan Am 103: la miniserie de Netflix que es furor y muestra a Margaret Thatcher y Ronald Reagan
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mshale.com: LIVE: NATO Sec General Rutte Speaks At Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Institute | AC1G Saudi Arabia (fGPObuhzmB)
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The Economic Times: Quote of the day by Ronald Reagan: ‘Sometimes when I'm faced with an unbeliever, an atheist, I am tempted…
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Ronald Reagan's Fight Against Communism
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Watch U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan appeal to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to dismantle the Berlin Wall, June 12, 1987
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facebook.com: EXCLUSIVE: Ronald Reagan Shooter Speaks To ‘Reagan’ Producer Ahead Of Director’s Cut Release
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IMDb: ‘The Brink of War’ Review: Jeff Daniels Makes an Unpersuasive Ronald Reagan in Talky Historical Drama About Nuclear Summit With Gorbachev
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CNN: Jeff Daniels plays Ronald Reagan in new film ‘The Brink of War’
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“After these four decades, then, there stands before the entire world one great and inescapable conclusion: Freedom leads to prosperity. Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds among the nations with comity and peace. Freedom is the victor.”
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“When the Lord calls me home, whenever that may be, I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours and eternal optimism for its future.”
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“in a distant place where I can no longer reach him.”
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Aviation News.eu: USS Ronald Reagan Prepares to Rejoin Active Fleet Following Extensive 17-Month Overhaul
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aviationnews.eu: USS Ronald Reagan Prepares to Rejoin Active Fleet Following Extensive 17-Month Overhaul
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Modern Ghana: Jeff Daniels on playing Ronald Reagan in “The Brink of War”
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Foreign Policy: How Ronald Reagan Sold Calm to Americans
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AZ Big Media: Jeff Daniels transforms into Ronald Reagan in ‘The Brink of War’
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Modern Ghana: Actor Jeff Daniels explains his Ronald Reagan transformation in the new film ‘The Brink of War’
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Yahoo: Actor Jeff Daniels explains his Ronald Reagan transformation in new film ‘The Brink of War’
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The Village Voice: Stars & Hype Forever: In 1985, Ronald Reagan’s Reelection Represented the “Triumph of the Irrational”
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The Atlantic: A Cold War Movie That Gives Too Much Credit to Ronald Reagan
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Yahoo: A Ronald Reagan hagiography caps Angel Studios' historically conservative summer
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Daily Express US: Jeff Daniels shares the things he learned playing Ronald Reagan in The Brink of War
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IMDb: John Hinckley Jr., Who Attempted To Assassinate President Reagan For Jodie Foster, Shares A New Message To Actress
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WSJ: ‘The Brink of War’ Review: Ronald Reagan in Reykjavik
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SlashGear: The USS Ronald Reagan Will Soon Return To Service After 17-Month Facelift
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uInterview: John Hinckley Jr., Who Attempted To Assassinate President Reagan For Jodie Foster, Shares A New Message To ...
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WFAA: John Hinckley Jr. reveals Ronald Reagan tried to meet with him after assassination attempt in newly released podcast
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Flickering Myth: Exclusive Interview – Jeff Daniels on The Brink of War and playing President Ronald Reagan
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The Mirror US en Español: Se revela la suposición del hombre que le disparó a Ronald Reagan para 'impresionar a Jodie Foster'
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19FortyFive: The Brink of War Movie Review: Jared Harris Convinces as Gorbachev. Jeff Daniels' Ronald Reagan Comes and Goes
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Yahoo: John Hinckley Jr. Speaks 45 Years After Shooting Ronald Reagan
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India Tribune - Chicago: John Hinckley Jr. has a message for Jodie Foster 40 years after he attempted to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan - India Tribune
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NBC News: Man who tried to kill Ronald Reagan to impress Jodie Foster 'wishes her well'
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The Detroit News: Jeff Daniels on sitting in President Reagan's chair for 'Brink of War'
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2025· 9 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, which required emergency rooms to provide emergency health care to anyone, regardless of immigration status, in 1986.” True.
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Claimed: “An ad from the government of Ontario, Canada, “misrepresents” President Ronald Reagan’s April 25, 1987, address about tariffs.” — rated Mostly False by PolitiFact.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “In July 2025, a meme accurately claimed that, since U.S. President Ronald Reagan, the deficit deepened under every Republican president while it decreased under Democratic presidents.” Mostly True.
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Snopes rated the claim “In July 2025, a meme accurately claimed that, since U.S. President Ronald Reagan, the deficit deepened under every Republican president while it decreased under Democratic presidents.” Mostly True.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “A video authentically shows former U.S. President Ronald Reagan saying, "You ever notice how every time a Republican takes office, the Democrats start acting like it's the end of the world? I mean the minute we cut taxes or trim the budget, they start screaming that the sky is falling."” Fake.
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Snopes rated the claim “A video authentically shows former U.S. President Ronald Reagan saying, "You ever notice how every time a Republican takes office, the Democrats start acting like it's the end of the world? I mean the minute we cut taxes or trim the budget, they start screaming that the sky is falling."” Fake.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Authentic video shows Reagan telling a story about a little girl who wanted to solve homelessness” AI Sound.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan once said: "We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added."” Correct Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan once said: "We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added."” Correct Attribution.
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2024· 4 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Staff at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport asked Sasha Obama to leave.” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““The last union member on a national ticket (was) Ronald Reagan.”” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “John Hinckley Jr., the man who attempted to assassinate then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1981, makes $3,500 a month on eBay by selling the same portrait of his cat he paints.” Research In Progress.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “In Oklahoma, "I won 77 out of 77 counties. Ronald Reagan is second with 56."” Mostly False.
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2023· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Speaking before the Western Governor's Association in November 2023, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said, "I think it was President Reagan said, 'We are from the government. We are here to help.'"” Correct Attribution.
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2020· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Ronald Reagan said that people should "keep voting Democrat" if they want to have their freedoms restricted.” False.
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2019· 2 entries
FactCheck.org rated the claim “Attributes this quote to former President Ronald Reagan: "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempts to disarm the people must be stopped, by force if necessary."” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says a photo shows President Ronald Reagan meeting with Taliban leaders in the White House.” False.
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2018· 4 entries
The Washington Post rated the claim ““The Heritage Foundation just came out recently, and they said that we've already implemented 64 percent of our top agenda items. And that's ahead of anybody, including Ronald Reagan.”” Two Pinocchios.
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Awarded Labor Hall of Honor (2018).
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Snopes rated the claim “President Reagan warned the public against demagogues who advocated a trade war against America's friendly trading partners in the name of protectionism.” True.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Ronald Reagan, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease five years after he left the presidency, was actually suffering from the disease while he was in office.” Unproven.
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2017· 1 entry
The Washington Post rated the claim “While arguing over President Reagan’s 1981 tax cuts, Democrats claimed it would only benefit the rich. The Democrat speaker of the House at the time, Tip O’Neill, called them royal tax cuts, because he claimed they favored the wealthiest Americans. What really happened was more than 14 million ne…” Two Pinocchios.
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2016· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “More attacks on U.S. embassies, with more people killed, occurred during the G.W. Bush and Reagan administrations than under Obama.” Mixture.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “"My numbers are better right now than Ronald Reagan's numbers were with Jimmy Carter."” False.
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded California Hall of Fame (2006).
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2004· 18 entries
Snopes rated the claim “John Kerry made disparaging remarks after viewing Ronald Reagan's casket as the former president's body lay in repose at his presidential library.” False.
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Died 2004-06-05.
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“Jak rozpoznać Polaka na walce kogutów?– Jest to ten facet, który przyszedł z kaczką.– A jak rozpoznać Włocha na walce kogutów?– To ten, który obstawia kaczkę.– A po czym rozpoznać, że na walce kogutów obecna jest mafia?– Po tym, że kaczka wygrywa.”
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“It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas.”
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“A política é como o show business: você tem uma estreia fantástica, desliza por algum tempo e termina num inferno.”
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“O contribuinte é o único cidadão que trabalha para o governo sem ter que prestar concurso.”
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“For those of us who lived through the Great Depression, the memory of the suffering it caused is deep and searing. And today many economic analysts and historians argue that high tariff legislation passed back in that period called the Smoot-Hawley tariff greatly deepened the depression and prevented economic recovery.”
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“Opis: po dokonaniu inwazji na Grenadę.”
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“I have a feeling that we are doing better in the war [in Vietnam] than the people have been told.”
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“Contras dorównują moralnie założycielom Stanów Zjednoczonych.”
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“Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.”
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“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
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“Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.”
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“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”
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“It's true hard work never killed anyone, but I figure, why take the chance?”
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“Dym z kominów węglowych emituje więcej elementów radioaktywnych aniżeli elektrownia atomowa.”
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“Czas powiedzieć uczciwie, że walczyliśmy o słuszną sprawę. Hańbimy pamięć sześćdziesięciu tysięcy młodych Amerykanów, którzy tam polegli, gdy wyrażamy skruchę, jakbyśmy uczynili coś nagannego.”
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“We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.”
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Vilnius (1995).
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1993· 1 entry
Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by George H. W. Bush (1993).
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1991· 1 entry
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library opened
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1990· 3 entries
Awarded Theodore Roosevelt Award (1990).
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Awarded Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1990).
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Setting the record for the (then) longest peacetime expansion
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1989· 3 entries
At the age of 77, Reagan became the oldest president at the end of his tenure
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Supported repealing the Twenty-second Amendment's presidential term limits
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With the American economy having experienced a significant reduction of inflation, a decline in the unemployment rate, and the longest peacetime economic expansion in US history at that time
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Francis Boyer Award (1988).
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1987· 2 entries
An Iraqi fighter jet hit the USS Stark with two Exocet missiles, killing 37 sailors
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Reagan unsuccessfully nominated Robert Bork to the Supreme Court as a way to achieve his civil rights policy that could not be fulfilled during his presidency; his administration had opposed affirmative action, particula
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1986· 4 entries
“Opis: o wyborach na Filipinach 7 lutego 1986; słowa z konferencji prasowej w dniu 11 lutego.”
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“Opis: fragment orędzia do narodu po katastrofie promu Challenger 28 stycznia 1986.”
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Congress approved the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act, which included tougher sanctions; Reagan's veto was overridden by Congress
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Where they agreed to abolish all nuclear weapons
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1984· 7 entries
Declaring, "America is back and standing tall"
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“Opis: próba mikrofonu w radiu 11 sierpnia 1984, mikrofon był włączony.”
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Campaign: 1984 election.
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“America is back and standing tall”
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“We present to the people of America a sparkling vision of tomorrow, a belief that greatness lies ahead, only waiting for us to reach out for it.”
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“Brincando, ao se preparar para a gravação de um programa de TV, referindo-se à antiga União Soviética. A brincadeira gerou veementes protestos dos soviétivos (1984).”
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Signed legislation intended to impose fines for fair housing discrimination offenses
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1983· 6 entries
Maurice Bishop was overthrown and murdered by one of his colleagues
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Awarded Doublespeak Award (1983).
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The recession ended and Reagan nominated Volcker to a second term in fear of damaging confidence in the economic recovery
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Signed amendments to raise both the program's payroll taxes and retirement age for benefits
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After it passed both houses of Congress with veto-proof margins
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Reagan's campaign managers were revealed to having obtained Carter's debate briefing book before the debates
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1982· 3 entries
“the march of freedom and democracy... will leave Marxism–Leninism on the ash heap of history”
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Reagan tried to cut off the Soviet Union's access to hard currency by impeding its proposed gas line to Western Europe
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Reagan was the first US president to explicitly reject containment and détente, instead advancing the idea that the Soviet Union could be defeated rather than managed through negotiation
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1981· 6 entries
Reagan was shot by John Hinckley Jr
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And in August, he signed the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 to dramatically lower federal income tax rates and require exemptions and brackets to be indexed for inflation starting in 1985
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Career landmark: President of the United States (1981–1989).
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Which fulfilled a campaign promise to name the first female justice to the Court, Antonin Scalia in 1986, and Anthony Kennedy in 1988
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And AIDS was initially difficult to understand for physicians and the public
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In an effort to keep it solvent, Reagan approved a plan for cuts to Social Security
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1980· 6 entries
Reagan won in a decisive victory in the Electoral College over Carter, carrying 44 states and receiving 489 electoral votes to Carter's 49 in six states and the District of Columbia
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Awarded Doublespeak Award (1980).
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But Scott Lilienfeld and Hal Arkowitz say that the success of these types of campaigns has not been affirmatively proven
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Campaign: 1980 election.
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“would be of great benefit to the United States if we started a buildup”
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Career landmark: President-elect of the United States (1980–1981).
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1979· 1 entry
With an indictment of the federal government
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1977· 1 entry
Ford told Cannon that Reagan's primary challenge contributed to his own narrow loss to Democrat Jimmy Carter in the 1976 presidential election
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1976· 1 entry
The Employment Development Department published a report suggesting that the experiment that ran from 1971 to 1974 was unsuccessful
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1975· 1 entry
When he discussed economic and social problems, and to a lesser extent, foreign affairs
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1974· 1 entry
And it was won by Pat Brown's son, Jerry
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1970· 1 entry
Reagan, remaining critical of government, promised to prioritize welfare reform
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1969· 2 entries
Awarded Horatio Alger Award (1969).
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Reagan declared a state of emergency in response to ongoing protests and violence at the University of California, Berkeley, and sent in the California Highway Patrol
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1967· 2 entries
Career landmark: Governor of California (1967–1975).
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Reagan reacted to the Black Panther Party's strategy of copwatching by signing the Mulford Act to prohibit the public carrying of firearms
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1966· 2 entries
Raised state taxes, turned the state budget deficit into a surplus, and implemented crackdowns on university protests
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Campaign: 1966 California gubernatorial election.
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1965· 1 entry
Reagan became the host of another MCA production, Death Valley Days
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1964· 2 entries
“I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at the point of a bayonet, if necessary.”
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“I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”
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1962· 1 entry
Reagan was dropped by GE, and he formally registered as a Republican
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1961· 1 entry
Reagan adapted his speeches into another speech to criticize Medicare
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1960· 1 entry
Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1960).
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1959· 2 entries
The board elected Reagan SAG president for the second time
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Career landmark: President of SAG (1959–1960).
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1952· 1 entry
Ended his relationship with Warner Bros
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1947· 2 entries
Reagan was elected to that position in a special election
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Career landmark: President of SAG (1947–1952).
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1946· 1 entry
Appeared in a radio program called Operation Terror to speak out against rising Ku Klux Klan activity, calling it a "capably organized systematic campaign of fascist violence and intimidation and horror"
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1945· 1 entry
Reagan planned to lead an HICCASP anti-nuclear rally, but Warner Bros
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1941· 1 entry
And Christine in 1947 (born prematurely and died the following day)
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1937· 1 entry
Moved to California where he became a well-known film actor
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1936· 1 entry
While traveling with the Cubs to their spring training in California, Reagan took a screen test that led to a seven-year contract with Warner Bros
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1932· 3 entries
Reagan took a job in Davenport, Iowa, as a sports broadcaster for four football games in the Big Ten Conference
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Studied at Eureka College, Bachelor of Arts (1928–1932).
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And was hired the next year as a sports broadcaster in Iowa
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1928· 2 entries
Studied at Dixon High School (1924–1928).
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Reagan began attending Eureka College, which Nelle approved because of its affiliation with the Disciples of Christ
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1920· 1 entry
Settled in Dixon, Illinois, living in a house near the H
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1911· 2 entries
Born 1911-02-06.
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In an apartment in Tampico, Illinois, the younger son of Nelle Clyde Wilson and Jack Reagan
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