Ronald Reagan 40th President

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By Sara CircoFebruary 18th, 2013

Reagan passed away June 5th, 2004 from pneumonia

-Reagan’s favorite jellybean flavor was licorice-Last movie Reagan was in was called The Killers-Lost partial hearing in one ear while on set-Started out in life as a Democrat-Only U.S. president to get a divorce

Childhood Young Adulthood Presidency -Born February 6th, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois

-Moved numerous times throughout Illinois

-Went by the name Dutch

-Saved 77 people as a lifeguard from 1926-1933-Enrolled in Eureka College in 1928 and graduated in 1932-Became famous by playing a football player in the film Knute Rockne –All American

-Served two terms from 1981-1989-Shortly after becoming president, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate Reagan. -Delivers his D-Day Speech to commemorate the 40th anniversary in Normandy, France in 1984