40th President of the United States
Ronald Reagan
“The Gipper”
- In office
- Jan. 20, 1981 – Jan. 20, 1989
- Party
- Republican
- Home state
- California
- Lived
- 1911–2004
- Days in office
- 2,922
- In order
- No. 40: after Jimmy Carter, before George H. W. Bush
- Vice president
- George H. W. Bush
Key achievements & events
- Cut income taxes and pursued "Reaganomics"
- Signed the INF Treaty with the Soviet Union, eliminating a class of nuclear missiles (1987)
- Challenged Gorbachev to "tear down this wall" in Berlin (1987)
- Appointed Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court
- His administration faced the Iran-Contra affair
Remember: A former Hollywood actor and governor of California. He survived an assassination attempt in 1981.