Ronald Reagan!
Ronald Reagan President actor, Nancy Reagan! Feb. 6, 1911
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Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1920
The Reagans moved to a succession of rural northern Illinois towns until they settled in Dixon, Illinois, the place Reagan considers his hometown.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1926
Beginning in 1926, Reagan was employed as a lifeguard at Lowell Park in Dixon. Ronald Reagan was credited with saving 77 lives during the 7 summers Ronald Reagan worked there.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1928
Reagan graduated from Dixon High School. Ronald Reagan served as student body president and participated in football, basketball, track, and school plays.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1928-1932
Reagan attended Eureka (Illinois) College, a small liberal arts institution, and majored in economics and sociology. During his sophomore year, Reagan became interested in drama. Reagan also served as student body president. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's populist rhetoric attracted Reagan to Ronald Reagan and later influenced Reagan's speaking style.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1932
Reagan received a temporary sports broadcasting job with WOC, a small radio station in Davenport, Iowa. After WOC consolidated with WHOM in Des Moines, "Dutch" recreated Chicago Cubs baseball games from the studio. WHO, an NBC affiliate, gave Reagan national media exposure.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1937
Reagan enlisted in the Army Reserve as a Private but was soon promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps of the Cavalry. An agent for Warner Brothers "discovered" Reagan in Los Angeles and offered Ronald Reagan a seven-year contract. Reagan played George Gipp in his most acclaimed film, Knute Rockne -- All American (l940).Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! Jan 24, 1940
Reagan and Jane Wyman married. They met while making the movie, "Brother Rat."Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! Jan 04 1941
Maureen was bornRonald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1942
The Army Air Force called Reagan to active duty and assigned Lieutenant Reagan to the 1st Motion Picture Unit in Culver City, California, where Ronald Reagan made over 400 training films.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! Jul 22 1943
The Army promoted Reagan to the rank of Captain.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! June 16 1944
Kip Addotta is born in Rockford IL., about twenty miles from Dixon. "I ran into Nancy and Ronald Reagan when we were all doing The Dean Martin Comedy Hour. There I was doing my monologe and sitting, ring side, directly in front of me were Nancy and Ronald Reagan. During a break in the show we had a chance to chat a little bit. I found Ronald Reagan charming and easy to be around and Nancy a bit protective as she should have been.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! Dec 09 1945
The Army discharged Captain Reagan.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1945 - 1965
Reagan resumed his acting career after the war. Reagan made fifty-three motion pictures and one television movie.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! Mar 18 1945
Michael was born.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1948
Reagan supported Harry Truman for President.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1949
Reagan and Wyman divorced.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1950
Reagan campaigned for Helen Gahagan Douglas for the Senate.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1952
Reagan campaigned as a Democrat for Eisenhower. Reagan accepted a job as spokesman for the General Electric Company, which allowed Ronald Reagan to tour the country giving speeches.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! Mar 4 1952
Reagan and Nancy Davis wed.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! Oct 21 1952
Patricia was born.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1956
Reagan campaigned as a Democrat for Eisenhower.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! May 20 1958
Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1960
Reagan campaigned for Richard Nixon for President.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1962
Reagan officially changed his party registration to Republican.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1964
Reagan's television address for Goldwater, "A Time for Choosing," launched his political career. A group of California businessmen soon afterward supported Reagan's candidacy for Governor.Reagan's autobiography, Where's the Rest of Me? is published.
Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1966
Reagan defeated incumbent governor Edmund G. ("Pat") Brown in a landslide. Ronald Reagan's success in the election and as governor made Ronald Reagan a leading contender for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1968.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1968
Reagan made a tentative run for the presidency, waiting until the Republican National Convention to announce his candidacy. Ronald Reagan later joined in unanimously supporting Richard Nixon.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1970
Reagan is re-elected governor.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! 1974
For several months after his gubernatorial term ended, Reagan wrote a syndicated newspaper column and provided commentaries on radio stations across the country.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! Nov 20, 1975
Reagan announced candidacy for the Republican nomination for president. Ronald Reagan lost the party's nomination, but his strong showing laid the groundwork for the election in 1980.Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! Nov 13, 1979
Reagan announced his candidacy for President. After winning the party's nomination, Ronald Reagan chose George Bush as his running mate. The platform called for "a new consensus with all those across the land who share a community of values embodied in these words: family, work, neighborhood, peace, and freedom."Ronald Reagan President actor Nancy Reagan! Nov 4 1980
Reagan was elected the 40th President of the United States in a landslide victory over the incumbent, Jimmy Carter.
