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On March 30, 1981 at approximately 2:25 pm a mentally deranged man named John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. John Hinckley Jr. was born May 29, 1955. He was 25 years old when he attempted the assassination of President Ronald Reagan. Hinckley had developed an obsession for an actress Jodie Foster. When he viewed the movie Taxi Driver a 1976 movie by Martin Scorsese’s, which was about a woman who tries to convince a taxi driver to assassinate the president in…

FAMILY BACKGROUND: Ronald Secor or ‘Ron’ as he prefers to be called was born September 1st, 1944, in Binghamton NY. Ron was born to Robert Secor and Laura (Beck) Secor. Robert worked for IBM throughout Ron’s life. Ronald described his father as a caring person with a great sense of humor, but also strict when it came to parenting. Laura was a homemaker, and spent her life raising Ron and his two siblings. Laura was described as the head of the household or “the boss of the clan”, she liked…

In June 1987, President Ronald Reagan gave a speech in West Berlin, calling for Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, to tear down the wall dividing East and West Berlin. Reagan's public speech was sincere and empathetic. He spoke of hope and freedom, and had a strong connection with his audience. Throughout his speech he truly showed the East his genuine concern for wanting to help them. His use of German phrases made it possible for people to empathize with him and feel his sense of…

spread out gas costs under President Jimmy Carter. Ronald Reagan was running for president and proposed a genius idea to solve America's problems. His idea would cut taxes for wealthier people giving them the incentive to spend more money and invest as well. His idea was presented in his 1980’s campaign speeches on his plan to improve the economy with tax cuts. Eventually Ronald…

Speech Analysis: President Ronald Reagan's Address on the Space Shuttle “Challenger” Ever had a day already planned out and then something happens that throws everything array? On the evening of January twenty-eighth in 1986, President Ronald Reagan's main goal of the speech was to mourn and remember the lives lost. Ronald Reagan delivered the speech because he was the President and also because he was fit to present this speech to the public because he's not personally invested in the lives…

Have you ever wanted to learn about a President that you never got the chance to meet? Well, today I'm going to teach you about Gerald R. Ford. Ford was the 38th president for the United States. Later, you will find out about Gerald Ford's early life, his college years, his presidency, and his life after presidency. Ford was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1914. However, he grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ford’s birth name was Leslie King, Jr.; he was named after his father. His mother was,…

in an interview with ESPN, noting "We had a fight. We were both guilty. No one was hurt. It was no big deal, and we got on with our life." She eventually filed for divorce in 1992. On June 12, 1994, the bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and a friend, Ronald Goldman, were found stabbed to death outside of her condominium in Los Angeles' Brentwood area. The evidence led police to suspect O.J. Simpson of the murder, he was told to surrender by 11 a.m. on June 17. He instead…

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Ashley Dickerson January 23, 2016 A Brief History of the Drug War. (n.d.). Retrieved January 31, 2016 from http://www.drugpolicy.org/new-solutions-drug-policy/brief-history-drug-war The creator of this article is the Drug Policy Alliance, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to promoting ethical drug policy. The Drug Policy Alliance is a diverse coalition of groups and individuals devoted to changing the landscape of the War on Drugs in the United…

Jesse Ventura as most of us know him today was born in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota in the USA. The date he came into this world was July 15th, 1951. The original name he went by when he was born was James George Janos. His career expands many different backgrounds and origins. He attended elementary and high school. He graduated in the year of 1969 from Roosevelt High School in 1969. Shortly after graduation, he took upon himself to join the United States Navy. When Ventura was in the…

and one of the best, presidents of the United States of America. This boy's name was Ronald Reagan, or as his parents would lovingly call him, Dutch. He was born to Edward and Nelle Reagan in Tampico, Illinois. Reagan's parents were shoe salesmen and throughout his childhood they were somewhat gypsies. They moved from city to city all over the great state of Illinois looking for work. Finally, when Ronald was in high school, they settled down in Dixon. Here, Reagan took many roles in…