Directory of Assassination Attempt Resources

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March 30, 1981, just 69 days into the presidency of Ronald Reagan. While leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., President Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley, Jr.. Reagan suffered a punctured lung, but prompt medical attention allowed him to recover quickly.

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• PBS: John Hinckley Jr.

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reagan/peopleevents/pande02.html
  Public Broadcast System's biography of the person who attempted an assassination of Ronald Reagan.

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