Ronald Reagan
40th President
Born: 1911 Died: Served: 1981 - 1989

Vice-President George Bush
Political Party Republican
College Eureka College
Occupation Actor
Birthplace Tampico, Illinois
Place of Burial

Pop Quiz Facts

* 1981: Survives assassination attempt.
* 1984: Reelected in second-straight landslide.
* 1985: Meets with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev in Geneva.
* 1986: The Iran-Contra Affair, is revealed.
* 1987: Stock market collapses as doubts emerge over the president's economic program.
* 1988: Visits Russia.

Interesting Facts

* To avoid long encounters with the press, he often took reporters' questions with his helicopter roaring in the background.
* He was the first president to have headed a labor union.
* As a result of many of his television appearances while president, he was known as the Great Communicator.
* He was the oldest president.
* A screen test in 1937 won him a contract in Hollywood. During the next two decades he appeared in 53 films.

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