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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

Presidential library and museum for U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Simi Valley, California

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Dec 12, 2025
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Ronald Reagan, U.S. President, faced an assassination attempt in 1981

On March 30, 1981, John W. Hinckley Jr. fired six shots outside the Washington Hilton, wounding President Ronald Reagan and three others; Reagan was struck once by a bullet that lodged an inch from hi...

Nov 16, 2025
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What did Reagan's physicians report about his mental health during 1981-1989?

Available sources in this packet do not include direct copies of President Ronald Reagan’s White House physicians’ reports about his personal mental health from 1981–1989; instead, the materials focus...

Dec 19, 2025
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What is Ronald Reagan's full quotation about anyone coming to America can be an American?

Ronald Reagan's oft‑quoted line appears in several of his speeches in nearly identical form: "You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey o...

Jan 17, 2026

Which historical episodes involved temporary transfers of presidential power under the 25th Amendment and how were they documented?

The Twenty‑Fifth Amendment’s Section 3 — the president’s voluntary, written transfer of powers to the vice president — has been used a handful of times for planned medical procedures, most notably by ...

Jan 16, 2026

How have politicians and media historically conflated calls to invoke the 25th Amendment with formal constitutional action?

Politicians and media have repeatedly treated public calls to “invoke the 25th Amendment” as if they were synonymous with an imminent, formal constitutional removal, even though the amendment contains...

Dec 20, 2025

When was Ronald Reagan diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease?

Ronald Reagan publicly announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in a handwritten letter dated November 5, 1994, a disclosure repeatedly cited by the Reagan Library and major media...

Dec 19, 2025

What speeches and dates did Ronald Reagan say the 'become an American' quote in, and are full transcripts available?

Ronald Reagan used the line that “anyone…can come to live in America and become an American” in more than one public remark, and the phrase appears in Reagan Foundation quote collections, a speech at ...

Oct 29, 2025

What legal or policy discussions from 1981–1989 addressed autopen use for presidential documents and signatures?

The available records show ; contemporary reporting from 1989 described widespread administrative autopen use but did not record a discrete legal challenge or formal policy change in that decade. Late...