Ronald Reagan's 100th Birthday

Our 40th President Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois. He was a famous actor throughout his adult life and was elected as a Republican to the governor's office in California defeating incumbent Democrat Pat Brown, Jerry Brown's father, in 1966. He seved as governor from 1967 to 1975. Reagan ran unsuccessfully for president in 1976 losing to incumbent President Gerald Ford in the Republican primary who then lost to Jimmy Carter. Reagan defeated incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter in 1980. When Ronald Reagan was inaugerated on January 20, 1981, the first thing he did while he was in office was secure the release of the Americans who were held hostage during the Iran Hostage Crisis. Reagan faced an assassination attempt on March 30, 1981 when an obsessed fan of Jodie Foster named John Hinckley Jr. shot Reagan and press secretary James Brady. Reagan beat the Tippacanoe Curse and fully recovered 110%. Ronald Reagan signed into law major tax cuts in 1981 stimulating the economy. The biggest achievement of his presidency was ending the Cold War and progressively destroying the Soviet Union.