 President Ronald Reagan Timeline
Important Dates, World and National Events During His Lifetime
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| 1911 |
(Feb 6) Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico, IL |
| 1932 |
Graduates Eureka College |
| 1940 |
(Jan 26) Marries Jane Wyman |
| 1941 |
Daughter Maureen Elizabeth Reagan is born. |
| 1945 |
Son Michael Edward Reagan is born. |
| 1948 |
Divorces Jane Wyman Reagan |
| 1952 |
(Mar 4) Marries Nancy Davis |
| 1952 |
Daughter Patricia Ann Reagan is born. |
| 1958 |
Son Ronald Prescott Reagan is born. |
| 1981 |
Reagan is inaugurated as the 40th President of the U.S. |
| 1981 |
Iran releases 52 American hostages. |
| 1981 |
Air traffic controllers go on strike and are dismissed by President Reagan. |
| 1981 |
Reagan hospitalized with a gunshot wound inflicted by John Warnock Hinckley, Jr. |
| 1982 |
Unemployment hits 10.8 percent - the worst since the Great Depression. |
| 1983 |
Reagan signs the Social Security Reform Bill into law. |
| 1983 |
U.S. forces invade and liberate Grenada. |
| 1984 |
Scientists identify the AIDS virus. |
| 1984 |
Reagan visits China. |
| 1984 |
Reagan wins re-election by a landslide. |
| 1985 |
Reagan is inaugurated for his second term in office |
| 1986 |
The Chernobyl Power Station in the U.S.S.R. has the world’s worst nuclear accident. |
| 1986 |
The space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after takeoff |
| 1987 |
Black Monday stock market crash - the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 508 points (23 percent) |
| 1988 |
Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected the 41st President of the U.S. |
| 1988 |
Reagan leaves office as the nation's most popular President since Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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