In the 1950s, he hosted general electric theater and worked as a motivational speaker for general electric. Ronald reagan was the 40 th president of the united states, holding the office for two terms from 1981 through 1989 Prior to politics, reagan gained fame as an actor, appearing in more than 50. Ronald reagan was elected president of the united states on november 4, 1980 His triumph capped the rise of the new right/conservative wing of the republican party and ushered in a new era of governing Reagan served as arguably the first true conservative u.s
President in over 50 years. Except for donald regan, who served as white house chief of staff between 1985 and 1987, reagan's staff gradually learned to appreciate nancy's role. Regan admits that between $10 and $30 million had been diverted from iranian arms sales and funneled to the nicaraguan contras On march 30, shot in an assassination attempt by john w Outside of the washington, d.c On august 5, reagan fired 11,345 air traffic controllers out on strike
Reagan, a republican from california, took office following his landslide victory over democratic incumbent president jimmy carter and independent congressman john b Anderson in the 1980 presidential election. Lifetime nickname the nickname “dutch was first applied to ronald reagan, in childhood, by his father According to reagan's autobiographies, he received the nickname soon after his birth, from his father's remark that he looked like “a fat little dutchman. A ground stop is reportedly underway at ronald reagan washington national airport due to a security issue Bystanders have reported seeing police cars on the runway
Reagan wins 91% of the electoral college and 51% of the popular vote Address to joint session of congress proposing a program for economic recovery
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