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Fun Facts about Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

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His favorite snack was the jelly bean. He especially loved Jelly Bellies.

When he was shot by an assassin in 1981, he joked "I forgot to duck".

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For a while he worked as a radio announcer for the Chicago Cubs.

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As a young man Ronald worked as a life guard where he rescued 77 people.

He acted in over 50 major movies during his Hollywood career.

Vitals

Born: June 6th, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois

Died: June 5th, 2004 in Los Angeles, CA

Presidency

Served as President: 1981 - 1989

Party: Republican

Age at Inauguration: 69

Married Life

1st Wife: Jane Wayman 1940 - 1949

Children: Maureen Reagan, Christine Reagan

Michael Reagan (adopted)

2nd: Nancy Davis 1952 - 2004

Children: Ron Reagan, Patti Davis

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Before He Became President

Growing Up

What is Ronald Reagan most known for?

Ronald Reagan Presidency

Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois on June 6th, 1911, and grew up in Illinois. He lived in several small towns growing up because his father, a salesman, moved the family around a lot. As a child, his family called him "Dutch" because his father thought he looked like a Dutchman. Ronald was athletic and gifted in acting. He went to Eureka College in Illinois where he was student body president and played a number of sports including football and swim team.

Ronald Wilson Reagan was elected the 40th president of the United States on November 4, 1980. At the age of 69, he was the oldest man and the first movie star ever sworn into that office. During his two terms in office, the popular president helped raise the nation’s spirits. He also oversaw the creation of large budget and trade deficits and ultimately effected a historical truce in cold war with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Ronald Reagan helped redefine the purpose of government and solidified the conservative agenda for decades after his presidency.

Reagan's first job out of college was as a radio announcer in Iowa. In 1937 he took a screen test and landed an acting job with Warner Brothers Films. He appeared in a number of films over the next several years including Knute Rockne: All American, Kings Row, and Dark Victory. His Hollywood career was interrupted by World War II when, in 1942, he was ordered to active duty. He spent the next four years in the army where he worked stateside on promotional films for the war.

From 1947 to 1952, Reagan served as president of the Screen Actors Guild. During this time, he met actress Nancy Davis, who had sought his help after she was mistakenly listed as a possible communist sympathizer on the Hollywood blacklist. Both were immediately attracted to each other, but Reagan was skeptical of marrying again due to his painful divorce from Wyman. Over time he recognized Nancy as his kindred spirit, and they wed in 1952. The pair had two children, Patricia Ann and Ronald.

As Reagan's film career began to plateau, he landed a job as host of the weekly television drama series The General Electric Theater in 1954. Part of his responsibility as host was to tour the United States as a public relations representative for GE. It was during this time that his political views shifted from liberal to conservative; he led pro-business discussions, speaking out against excessive government regulation and wasteful spending; central themes of his future political career.

Ronald Reagan is most known for being president during the end of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. He's also famous for his economic policy called "Reaganomics" as well as for being a Hollywood movie star who became president.

How did he die?

In November 1994, Reagan revealed in a handwritten letter to the American people that he had recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Nearly a decade later, on June 5, 2004, he died at his Los Angeles home at age 93, making him the nation's longest-lived president at that time.

There are no easy answers’ but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

Ronald Reagan

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