WASHINGTON - On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel, along with three other people. Jackson Bain was a news anchor for WTTG-TV, now ...

WASHINGTON — The would-be assassin got off six shots in 1.7 seconds, nearly taking the life of a president and changing the trajectory of a presidency. It happened on a dreary March afternoon in 1981.

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously wounded by John Hinckley Jr. outside a Washington, D.C.

Reagan took office with fellow Republicans in control of the Senate, Democrats in control of the House, and big plans brewing to put the government on a conservative path. He got off to a fast start — ...

Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump brought immediate comparisons to the 1981 attempt on President Ronald Reagan’s life. Judy Woodruff was there that day as NBC’s White ...

Donald Trump’s courageous response to the assassination attempt on him is reminiscent of how former President Ronald Reagan deftly responded after getting shot — and Americans will admire Trump for it ...

Los Angeles advertising mogul Peter Dailey sold Americans on Ronald Reagan’s common sense with TV ads in the 1980 presidential campaign. The Navy identified the three sailors killed in a military ...