Ronald Reagan
Tampico, Illinois, USA
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Ronald Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989), the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975) and prior to that an actor. Upon his college graduation, Reagan first moved to Iowa to work as a radio broadcaster and then in 1937 to Los Angeles, California. He began a career as an actor appearing in over fifty movie productions. Some of his most notable roles are in Knute Rockne, All American and Kings Row. Reagan served as president of the Screen Actors Guild, and later spokesman for General Electric. His start in politics occurred during his work for General Electric. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, he switched to the Republican Party in 1962. After supporting 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 nomination in 1968 as well as 1976, but defeated incumbent Jimmy Carter in 1980 presidential election. Reagan left office in 1989. In 1994, the former president disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease earlier in the year. He died ten years later at the age of 93.
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Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Armageddon: The Future of the Planet is at Stake
The Found Footage Festival Volume 1: Live in Brooklyn
Killer, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis
Mahdi Amel in Gaza: On the Colonial Mode of Production
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr: Ronald Reagan
Geheimauftrag Pontifex – Der Vatikan im Kalten Krieg
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
Salute to Reagan - A President's Greatest Moments
Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years
Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
A Child is Born: A Christmas Story Presented by Ronald Reagan
Herbert's Hippopotamus: Marcuse and Revolution in Paradise
With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America
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The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom
Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States
Taking the Oath: America's History From Oval Office
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
