ronald reagan
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Ronald ReaganFeb 6th, 1911 – June 5th, 2004
40th president of the United States
Joined the army and was assigned to a base in San Francisco on 4-18-1942
Reagan took a screen test in 1937 that led to a seven-
year contract with Warner
Brothers studios
Ronald Reagan marries Nancy
Davis on 3-4-1949
Ronald and Nancy Reagan had 2 kids
named Patti (1952)and Ron (1958)
Gave his “Time for Choosing” speech making him governor of
California in 1966
Lost presidential campaign to
Gerald Ford in 1976
Won his 1980 campaign for president
On 3-30-1981 John Hickley Jr.
attempted to assassinate
president Reagan
Won campaign for president again in 1984
Ronald Reagan got Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down iron
curtain around eastern Europe effectively ending the Cold War
Diagnosed with
Alzheimer disease in August of
1994
Ronald Reagan died on June 5, 2004
R.I.P
THE END
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