ronald reagan

     

Ronal Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd 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. 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 nomination in 1968 as well as 1976, but won both the nomination and election in 1980.

Trivia about ronald reagan

  • Elected President twice, he beat his 2 opponents by a combined Electoral College tally of 1,014-62
  • In 1998 America's second-largest federal building was named in his honor
  • A New Deal Democrat in his youth, this president stated, "Government is not the solution to our problem"
  • Ironically, he lost the leading role in the 1960 play "The Best Man" because he didn't look presidential
  • He's the only president of the United States who had been divorced
  • He was at radio station WHO back in the 1930s & while president, went back to Des Moines
  • In 1959 he was president of the Screen Actors Guild; 10 years later he was governor of California
  • George Bush
  • He appeared in films with his first wife Jane & his second wife Nancy
  • "Dutch"
  • His Simi Valley museum contains a nuclear missile that was deactivated while he was president
  • California1967-1975
  • After he moves out of his office on Pennsylvania Avenue, he rents an office in Los Angeles
  • In 1985 he said that freedom was "The universal right of all God's children"
  • Film mogul Jack Warner supposedly said, "No. Jimmy Stewart for president." this man "for best friend"
  • California man /The Great Communicator /Bonzo was his pal
  • In 1937 he made his first movie
  • Head of the former head of the country, seen here:(U.S. president, '81-'89)
  • This actor won the California governorship in 1966 using the unrest at Berkeley as a campaign issue
  • Once a union president
  • On Jan. 20, 1981 Iran released its hostages & this president was inaugurated
  • While an actor, this president served six terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild
  • He starred as Governor of California from 1967 to 1975
  • Nancy Davis
  • Alexander Haig
  • He called Mayor Clint Eastwood to ask "What's an actor who once played with a monkey doing in politics?"
  • He chose Bush as his running mate though they disagreed on cutting taxes, abortion & the E.R.A.
  • Though he left the service after WWII as a captain, today he holds the highest rank possible
  • In June 1969 this California governor gave the eulogy at the funeral of actor Robert Taylor
  • He succeeded Robert Montgomery as Guild president in 1947 & later went on to even bigger things
  • His daughter Patti has written several books including "Bondage" & "The Way I See It"
  • First labor union leader who went on to become U.S. president
  • He was married to an Academy Award winner
  • In 1998 Washington National Airport was renamed in honor of this president on his 87th birthday
  • While attending Eureka College, this future president served as a reporter for the Pegasus, the school paper
  • "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
  • Time's 1980 Man of the Year cover showed him in a western shirt, jeans & a tooled belt with silver buckle
  • Showing he'd rather switch than fight, this future pres. changed from Democrat to Republican in 1962
  • This president appointed the most members of the current court
  • "Where's the Rest of Me?"
  • Arriving at the hospital on March 30, 1981, he told one of his doctors, "I hope you're a Republican"
  • Rancho del Cielo
  • In 1973 he said of being Governor of California, "I not only get to read the script, I help write it"
  • The "Errol Flynn of B Movies"
  • Though living presidents can't appear on U.S. stamps, this living 40th president is on Grenada's stamps
  • In 1976 an elector from the state of Washington cast a lone vote for this man; 4 years later he received 489 votes
  • He played Secret Service agent Brass Bancroft in 4 films years before he himself needed Secret Service protection
  • Facts About the Presidents lists "corporate spokesman" as one of his former occupations
  • Raymond J. Donovan served as this president's first Secretary of Labor
  • He starred as Professor Boyd in "Bedtime for Bonzo" but didn't do the sequel, "Bonzo Goes to College"
  • He "acted" as president under the nickname "Dutch"
  • His presidential library's website credits him with saving 77 lives as a lifeguard in Dixon, Illinois
  • He nominated O'Connor the month before the release of a movie about the first woman on the Supreme Court
  • This ex-president scored big in 1990 with his autobiography "An American Life"
  • Born a lefty, this president governed from the right from 1981 to 1989
  • Eureka College in Illinois is the alma mater of this U.S. president born not far off in Tampico
  • "E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial" was released, grossing more than $300 million that year
  • February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois
  • "The Great Communicator"
  • He was a matinee idol
  • In 1948 this SAG president campaigned for fellow Democrat Harry Truman; in 1962, he turned Republican
  • He's the only U.S. president you can step on
  • In 1987 he declared, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
  • He's the future governor & labor union president seen here around 1940
  • He was about to turn 78 when his final presidential term ended
  • Bel Air,California
  • After losing the GOP nomination to Ford in 1976, he began his successful effort to snag the 1980 spot
  • On Jan. 20, 1985 this man was sworn in for his second term as U.S. president
  • In 1986 this president ordered U.S. warplanes to bomb Libyan military installations
  • This president is said to be related to John Kennedy, Princess Di & F. Mitterand
  • In "Kings Row", he asked Ann Sheridan, "Where's the rest of me?"
  • He earned his nickname of "Dutch" from his dad calling him his "fat little Dutchman"
  • (Anderson Cooper reads the clue.) In 2008 I moderated a Republican debate appropriately held at the presidential library of the man whose political heir the candidates claimed to be
  • "I Love You, Ronnie" is a collection of letters to his wife Nancy
  • On living in the White House, he said in 1983, "You get a little stir-crazy during the week"
  • "It's morning again in America"
  • In California, February 6, 2004 was proclaimed this president's "Day" in honor of his 93rd birthday
  • Gipper gabber,crafty Californian,"Bonzo" bedmate
  • He co-starred with a chimp in the 1950s:AN OLD AGER RAN
  • As Drake McHugh in 1942's "Kings Row", he uttered the line "Where's the rest of me?"
  • In 1981 he quipped, "You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans"
  • For striking in 1981 in defiance of his orders, this man fired 11,345 members of the air traffic controllers' union
  • In 1988 this president created the cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs
  • By birth:Richard Nixon,Ronald Reagan,John F. Kennedy
  • He's the 20th century U.S. president whose "do" is seen here("Well...")
  • He gained fame doing sports on radio station WHO Des Moines, moved into actng & later tried politics
  • This man's first name is misspelled "Donald" in his 1928 high school yearbook
  • Caspar Weinberger
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit) On March 30, 1981 outside the Washington Hilton, this man was shoved into this 1972 Lincoln limousine
  • He began his term as president in 1947 (president of the Screen Actors Guild, that is)
  • In 1974 he bought Rancho del Cielo, a 688-acre ranch east of Santa Barbara in the Santa Ynez Mountains
  • One of his first jobs was re-creating Cubs games over the radio in Iowa
  • In 1976 Ford won primaries in Ohio, Oregon & Florida; this challenger won Texas, Indiana &, of course, California
  • Marlin Fitzwater was first appointed White House Press Secretary by this president
  • He played a crime king in his last film, 1964's "The Killers"
  • Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt
  • The first female U.S. Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, was appointed by this president
  • This man, who co-hosted the grand opening of Disneyland, later became the President of the United States
  • Almost defeating President Ford in the 1976 GOP primary, he won the nomination & the presidency 4 years later
  • Raymond Donovan,James Watt,Caspar Weinberger
  • February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois
  • "The Great Communicator"
  • In 1947 this future president testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee
  • This 1992 recipient hosted TV's "Death Valley Days" & went far in politics
  • (Hi. I'm Peggy Noonan.) In 2001 I hit the bestseller lists with "When Character Was King: A Story of" this 40th president
  • Edwin Meese III
  • The 1st & only president born in Illinois
  • "It's morning again in America"
  • Alexander Haig
  • During his second term, he authorized the sale of missiles to Iran; it would lead to Iran-Contra issues
  • In the 1984 campaign he said he was not going to exploit Walter Mondale's "youth and inexperience"
  • Lyn Nofziger and Edwin Meese have their own sets of folders for perusal at his library
  • Eureka College(class of 1932)
  • "I have approved a research program (for) a security shield that would destroy... missiles before they reach their target"
  • His R.E.M. (re-election metric) is killer; he won 49 states--only Minn. said no--& his I.G. (invade Grenada) stats are big, too
  • Televised hearings on the Iran-Contra affair revealed deep conflict among members of this Republican's administration
  • Marlin Fitzwater was first appointed by this president
  • This man won a record 1-election total of 525 Electoral College votes for president
  • Say the name of this man you see shaking hands with the Premier of China
  • Antonin Scalia
  • In 1976 he fell 117 delegate votes short of defeating President Ford for the Republican nomination
  • This president criticized Ed Asner for opposing U.S. foreign policy by asking, "What does an actor know about politics?"
  • In a 1989 ceremony at Buckingham Palace, the Queen of England made him an honorary knight