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January 20 – Ronald Reagan's presidency begins with his inauguration at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.; the oath of office is administered by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger. [1] The Iran hostage crisis ends minutes after the swearing-in with the release of the 52 Americans held hostage for the past 444 days. [ 2 ]
January 20 – President Reagan completes his two terms in office and leaves the White House for the final time as Commander-in-chief. [citation needed] January 20 – George H. W. Bush is inaugurated as the 41st president of the United States, at noon EST. Ronald Reagan, who was now former president, returns to Los Angeles to began his post ...
Ronald Reagan's tenure as the 40th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1981, and ended on January 20, 1989. Reagan, a Republican from California, took office following his landslide victory over Democrat incumbent president Jimmy Carter and independent congressman John B. Anderson in the 1980 presidential election.
With the U.S. government on the verge of a partial shutdown, a timeline of more than 20 closures since 1976. ... Under President Ronald Reagan. Lasted two days. 1982: Under Reagan. Lasted one day.
January 20 – Ronald Reagan's presidency begins with his inauguration at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.; the oath of office is administered by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger. [1] The Iran hostage crisis ends minutes after the swearing-in with the release of the 52 Americans held hostage for the past 444 days. [ 2 ]
January 2 – A memorandum by President Reagan on the general system of preferences is filed with the Federal Register Office during the afternoon. [1] President Reagan sends a letter to Speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O'Neill about his "intent to withdraw Romania and Nicaragua and suspend Paraguay from the list of beneficiary developing countries under the Generalized System of ...
1983 - The Reagan Administration creates the Strategic Defense Initiative, nicknamed Star Wars, to block nuclear missile attacks. 1984 – Most of the Eastern Bloc boycotts the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. 1984 – U.S. presidential election, 1984: Ronald Reagan is re-elected president, with George H. W. Bush re-elected as vice president.
Perhaps no day in Reagan’s presidency better embodied his policy transformations or the political ambitions of the Heritage Foundation than Aug. 13, 1981, when Reagan signed his first budget.