Ronald Reagan

Described as

president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)

Other names

R. W. Reagan, Ronald W. Reagan, Ronald W Reagan, Ronald Wilson Reagan

Born

February 6, 1911 · 16 references

Died

June 5, 2004 · 14 references

Born in

Birthplace of Ronald Reagan · 1 reference

Died in

668 St. Cloud Road · 1 reference

Buried in

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

Cause of death

pneumonia · 1 reference; Alzheimer's disease · 1 reference

Name at birth

Ronald Wilson Reagan · 1 reference

Citizen of

United States

Occupation

television actor; film actor; politician · 2 references; character actor; screenwriter; military officer (1942–1945) · 1 reference; actor (1937–1960) · 4 references; trade unionist

Positions held

Governor of California (1967–1975) · 4 references; President of the United States (1981–1989) · 2 references; President-elect of the United States (1980–1981); President of SAG (2 times) (1947–1960) · 1 reference; president · 2 references

Political party

Republican Party (1962–2004); Democratic Party (–1962)

Worked for

Warner Bros. Entertainment (1937–) · 1 reference

Education

Dixon High School (1924–1928) · 2 references; Eureka College (1928–1932) · 2 references

Member of

American Legion; Screen Actors Guild · 1 reference; Tau Kappa Epsilon · 1 reference

Known for

Tear down this wall! (1987)

Awards

honorary citizen of Berlin; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath; Order of the White Eagle; Collar of the Order of the White Lion; Francis Boyer Award (1988) · 1 reference; Presidential Medal of Freedom (1993) · 1 reference; Congressional Gold Medal; California Hall of Fame (2006); Doublespeak Award (2 times) (1980, 1983); Theodore Roosevelt Award (1990); Horatio Alger Award (1969) · 1 reference; Labor Hall of Honor (2018) · 1 reference; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1960) · 1 reference; Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1990); Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

Spouse

Jane Wyman (1940–1949) · 1 reference; Nancy Reagan (1952–2004) · 2 references

Children

Maureen Reagan · 1 reference; Patti Davis · 1 reference; Ron Reagan · 1 reference; Christine Reagan · 2 references; Michael Reagan · 1 reference

Father

Jack Reagan · 1 reference

Mother

Nelle Wilson Reagan · 1 reference

Siblings

Neil Reagan

Religion

Presbyterianism (1963–) · 1 reference; Restorationism

Military branch

United States Army Reserve (2 times) (1937–1947) · 3 references; United States Army (1942–1945) · 2 references; Air Force Reserve Command (1947–1953) · 1 reference

Military rank

Private (1937) · 1 reference; second lieutenant (1937–1943) · 1 reference; first lieutenant (1943) · 1 reference

Lived in

Rancho del Cielo · 1 reference; Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home (1920–1923) · 1 reference; Bel Air

Nickname

Dutch · 1 reference; The Gipper; The Great Communicator

Height

1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) · 1 reference; 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Website

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ronaldreagan/; https://whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/ronald-reagan/

Wikipedias with a page

306

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Ronald Wilson Reagan (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. A member of the Republican Party, he became an important figure in the American conservative movement. The period encompassing his presidency is known as the Reagan era.
Born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan graduated from Eureka College in 1932 and was hired the next year as a sports broadcaster in Iowa. In 1937, he moved to California where he became a well-known film actor. During his acting career, Reagan was president of the Screen Actors Guild twice from 1947 to 1952 and from 1959 to 1960. In the 1950s, he hosted General Electric Theater and worked as a motivational speaker for General Electric. During the 1964 presidential election, Reagan's "A Time for Choosing" speech launched his rise as a leading conservative figure. After being elected governor of California in 1966, he raised state taxes, turned the state budget deficit into a surplus, and implemented crackdowns on university protests. Following his loss to Gerald Ford in the 1976 Republican Party presidential primaries, Reagan won the Republican Party's nomination and then obtained a landslide victory over President Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential election.
In his first term as president, Reagan began implementing "Reaganomics", a policy involving economic deregulation and cuts to both taxes and government spending during a period of stagflation. On the world stage, he escalated the arms race, increased military spending, shifted Cold War policy away from détente, and ordered the 1983 invasion of Grenada. Other notable events during Reagan's first term included his survival of an assassination attempt, a well-publicized fight with public-sector labor unions, an expansion of the war on drugs, and his administration's slow response to the AIDS epidemic. In the 1984 presidential election, he was elected to a second term by defeating former vice president Walter Mondale in one of the largest landslide victories in American history. Foreign affairs dominated his second term, including the 1986 bombing of Libya, the secret and illegal sale of arms to Iran to fund the Contras, and negotiations with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that culminated in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
Reagan left the presidency in 1989 with the American economy having experienced a significant reduction of inflation, a decline in the unemployment rate, and the longest peacetime economic expansion in US history at that time. The national debt had nearly tripled since 1981 as a result of his tax cuts and increased military spending outweighing his cuts to domestic discretionary spending. Reagan's foreign policies also contributed to the end of the Cold War. Although he planned an active post-presidency, those plans were hindered after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1994. His physical and mental capacities gradually deteriorated, leading to his death in 2004. His tenure constituted a realignment toward conservative policies in the United States, and he is often considered an icon of American conservatism. Historical rankings of US presidents have typically placed Reagan in the middle to upper tier, and his post-presidential approval ratings by the general public have generally remained high.

Born, in its opening lines

February 6, 1911

Died, in its opening lines

June 5, 2004

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