Ronald Reagan's Life

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois. He attended public schools and enrolled in Eureka College in Illinois, where he studied economics and sociology. After graduating in 1932, he worked as a radio announcer in Iowa. In 1937 he started his career as a actor. He has appeared in over 50 movies in his twenty-seven year career. Ronald Reagan married actress Jane Wyman in 1940 and together they had a daughter and adopted a son. They married until 1949 when they divorced. So far, Ronald is the only President to have one of his marriages end in a divorce. All the rest, either the President died or the wife died. Ronald Reagan married Nancy Davis in 1952 and together they had two children as well as Reagan and Wyman. Ronald ran for Governor of California in 1967 and won. He was inaugurated President of the United States on January 20, 1981 after defeating Jimmy Carter in November, 1980. He ran for President of the United States in1984 and won. He served two terms as President. He returned to Bel Air, California in 1989. Five years later and ten years before his death, Reagan suffered from Alzheimer's disease in 1994. He died in Bel Air, California on June 5, 2004 at 93 years and 120 days, only forty-five days less than Gerald Ford. Note: Reagan was President from 1981 to 1989 and the Vice President was George H.W. Bush.