RONALD REAGAN
1911 - 2004

From 1981 to 1989 former actor Ronald Wilson Reagan presented the United States as their 40th president. Some say John Wayne should've given a chance as well.

Ronald married actress Nancy Davis in 1952.

Busy actor Ronald also worked as a radio announcer, sport commentator, spokesman for General Electric, and later as governor of California (from 1967 to 1975.) An assassination attempt was made in 1981.

Similar to good ole Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan didn't have much patience for the Communism of the Soviet Union. It took Mikhail Gorbachev's glasnost policies to soften Ronald's opinion.

And it looked like this:

GLASNOST IN ACTION
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Ronald Reagan died of Alzheimer's disease.

Check the US Election Map 1796 - 1968.

Check Governments in History Chart.