ENG - Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the fortieth President of the United States (1981–1989) and the thirty-third Governor of California (1967–1975). Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), and a spokesman for General Electric (GE). His start in politics occurred during his work for GE; originally a member of the Democratic Party, he switched to the Republican Party in 1962, at the age of 51. After delivering a rousing speech in support of Barry Goldwater's presidential candidacy in 1964, he was persuaded to seek the California governorship, winning two years later and again in 1970. He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential ...
A picture has emerged apparently showing Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in his former days as a KGB officer.
The 20-year old photo depicts two world leaders – U.S. President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev — in Moscow.
But, according to the man who took the photo, it also captures Putin disguised as a tourist.
Pete Souza, now President Obama's official photographer, captured the moment when he worked for President Reagan during the political thaw that soon ended the Cold War.
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laroco - in poll Ronald Wilson Reagan The House of Representatives recently passed a bill 371-19 to honor President Ronald Reagan on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
The Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act would create an 11member commission that will plan and carry out activities deemed fitting to honor Reagan on his 100th birthday on Feb. 6, 2011.
The commission will make recommendations and provide necessary assistance for federal, state and local governmental agencies and civic groups to honor Reagan's 100th birthday. Such activities could include special stamps or coins.
In addition, the commis sion will recom ...
laroco - in poll Ronald Wilson Reagan Barack Obama, it is said, will inherit the worst times since the Great Depression. Not to minimize the crisis we are in, but we need a little perspective here. The Great Depression began with the Great Crash of 1929. By 1931, unemployment had reached 16 percent.By 1933, 89 percent of stock value had been wiped out, the economy had shrunk by one-third, thousands of banks had closed, a third of the money supply had vanished, and unemployment had reached 25 percent — among heads of households. And in those days, there was no unemployment insurance, no Medicare, no Medicaid, no Social ...
alexasa - in poll Ronald Wilson Reagan
