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Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on the 6th of February 1911, in an apartment located in Tampico, Illinois. His mother Nelle Clyde Wilson led prayer meetings at the First Christian Church and instilled a strong religious foundation in her son.
Reagan achieved his breakout role as George Gipp in Knute Rockne All American released in 1940 which later earned him the nickname the Gipper. Critics considered his performance in Kings Row from 1942 as his best work despite playing a leg amputee.
Ronald Reagan took a job as a lifeguard at the Rock River in Lowell Park that saved eight people from drowning over seven years. He worked there before attending Eureka College starting in 1928.
In 1967 Reagan signed the Mulford Act prohibiting public carrying of firearms after reacting to Black Panther Party copwatching strategies. The act became California's most restrictive piece of gun control legislation according to critics calling it an overreaction.
On the 30th of March 1981 Reagan was shot by John Hinckley Jr. outside Washington Hilton undergoing surgery recovering quickly from broken rib punctured lung internal bleeding. He survived the assassination attempt and continued his presidency until January 1989.