Ronald Reagan Shot in Washington, D.C. Hotel Attack March 30, 1981
U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley Jr.; three others are wounded in the same incident.
Date: March 30, 1981
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