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​​ Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on Februrary 6, 1911 in Tampico Illinois. He moved to LA in the 1930's. He became an actor for a while. He eventually was a well known household name because of starring in 52 movies. He was originally a Democrat, but decided to switch to being a Republican in 1962. He was the 33rd Governor of California and the 40th President of the United States. He died on June 5th, 2004. Reagan's first job was as a lifeguard which while working this job he saved a total of almost 80 lives. He went to Dixon High School where he became interested in acting, storytelling, and some sports. Ronald attended Eureka College which he was apart of a fraternity called Tau Kappa Epsilon. His majors were economics and sociology. He was quite a "big shot on campus" because he was captain of the swimming team, yearbook editor, on football and track teams, and was even elected student body president. After he graduated in 1932 Reagan went to Iowa where he auditioned for jobs at local radio stations. He was eventually hired and then got promoted to being a staff announcer. He then started broadcasting games for the Cubs. He signed a seven year contract in 1937 with Warner Brothers.


 * Married to Jane Wyman on January 26, 1940
 * Jane filed for divorce on him in 1948 and it was finalized in 1949
 * He had 2 children with Jane
 * Maureen and Christine
 * Christine died the day after she was born
 * Reagan then adopted a third by the name of Michael
 * ​Reagan then married Nancy Davis on March 4, 1962
 * He had two more children with Nancy
 * Patti and Ron

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