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Life of Ronald Reagan

By Egrant35

  • Ronald Reagan is born.

    Ronald Reagan is born.
    Mr. Reagan was born in Tampico, IL

  • Television career begins.

    Television career begins.
    Getting interested in television during college, Mr. Reagan started out as a local news anchor and moved up from there.

  • Starts campaigning for friends.

    Starts campaigning for friends.
    Mr. Reagan began campaigning for many democratic politicians, including Presidents Truman and Nixon

  • Becomes a Republican.

    Becomes a Republican.
    After working for a decade with the democrats, Mr. Reagan officially switched parties to republican.

  • President of the United States.

    President of the United States.
    After serving two terms as governor, Mr. Reagan ran for president. He won and became the 40th US president

  • Assasination attempt.

    Assasination attempt.
    While leaving a hotel in Washington, President Reagan was shot and wounded. Three others were also shot, but they all survived

  • Retires from politics.

    Retires from politics.
    Reagan's presidency ended when George Bush was elected president. He retired to California where he worked on many charity projects as well as campaigned for the Republican Party.

  • Ronald Reagan dies.

    Ronald Reagan dies.
    Mr. Reagan died at the age of 93.