February 6 - Today in Legal History
February 6, 1911 - President Ronald Reagan Born
Ronald Wilson Reagan is born in Tampico, Illinois. After serving as Governor of California, Reagan will assume the office of the President on January 20, 1981, and will survive an assassination attempt only 69 days later. Reagan will serve two terms as President, leaving office in January 1989. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California will be dedicated in 1991, and Reagan will pass away on June 5, 2004.
Related resources:
- Audio: Political Speech in the Race for President (Justice Talking)
- Biography of Ronald Reagan (The White House)
- Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library
- Before Reagan Was Reagan (FindLaw)
