40 years ago today, Ronald Reagan was shot outside a Washington hotel
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President Ronald Reagan had just finished delivering an address before the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction union on March 30, 1981, when John Hinckley Jr. opened fire, shooting the 40th president and three others.
Reagan, who was quickly rushed into his limousine and taken to a hospital, was famously in good humor at George Washington University Hospital when he was about to undergo treatment. "Honey, I forgot to duck," Reagan told first lady Nancy Reagan before surgery. He also joked to his doctors, "Please tell me you're Republicans."More Related News