Assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan
1981 shooting of US President Ronald Reagan and murder of then White House Press Secretary James Brady / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan happened on Monday, March 30, 1981, 69 days after becoming President. Ronald Reagan was leaving after a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C..[1] As Reagan left to enter his car, John Hinckley, Jr. fired his gun.