Ronald Wilson Reagan [a] (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party and became an important figure in the American conservative movement. His presidency is known as the Reagan era.

Nov 9, 2009 · Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), a former actor and California governor, served as the 40th president from 1981 to 1989. Raised in small-town Illinois, he became a Hollywood actor in his 20s and...

Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois. His family—father Jack, mother Nelle, and older brother Neil—moved to a succession of towns in Illinois, as his nomadic father searched for sales work.

Sep 10, 2024 · “I set out to tell his real story — the man, not the legend — for a country that has greatly changed since he made his moving goodbye in 1994 after getting an Alzheimer’s diagnosis,” Boot wrote in an adapted excerpt in The Washington Post. Here are some things we learned about Reagan's personal life from the new biography: 1.

Ronald Reagan remembered his father as being fiercely opposed to racial and religious intolerance. He refused to allow his children to see the film Birth of a Nation, because it glorified the Ku Klux Klan.

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."

Born on February 6, 1911, Ronald Reagan grew up in small towns in northern Illinois. He enjoyed playing sports and acting in plays at the public schools he attended and later at Eureka...

Nov 4, 1991 · The Reagan Administration began with a faltering economy, a hostage crisis, and conflicts with the Soviet Union in the Cold War. The Iranian hostages returned on Reagan's first day in office, and by 1989 the United States had a booming economy and a more positive relationship with the Soviet Union.

He was elected to a second term as Governor of California in 1970. After completing his second term, Mr. Reagan began a nationally syndicated radio commentary program and newspaper column and undertook an extensive speaking schedule, speaking to …

Reagan was born on 6 February 1911 in Tampico, Illinois. He worked initially in broadcasting and then became an actor, moving to Hollywood in 1937 and appearing in 50 films. Reagan served...