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8 Dec 1987
US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles.
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12 Jun 1987
Ronald Reagan challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall'.
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10 Nov 1983
The US Federal Government shut down for three days.
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21 Jun 1982
John Hinckley, who tried to kill President Reagan, was found not guilty on the grounds of insanity.
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27 Apr 1982
John Hinckley Jr., President Reagan's failed assassin, pleaded 'not guilty' due to not being mentally sound at trial.
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22 Oct 1981
The US gross national debt exceeded $1 trillion.
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19 Jul 1981
US President Ronald Reagan was made aware that the USSR was stealing US technology and research.
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7 Jul 1981
Sandra Day O'Connor is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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11 Apr 1981
President Ronald Reagan returned home from the hospital after narrowly escaping death after someone shot him on March 30.
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30 Mar 1981
Someone tried to shoot President Ronald Reagan.
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16 Jul 1980
Republican Party in Detroit nominated Ronald Reagan for US president.
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14 Jun 1967
Ronald Reagan signed the Therapeutic Abortion Act.
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2 Jan 1967
Ronald Reagan is sworn in as Governor of California.
