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Vice President Dick Cheney delivers the eulogy for former President Ronald Reagan during the State Funeral Ceremony in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, June 9, 2004. White House photo by David Bohrer
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San Diego, Calif., Jul. 23, 2004 — USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), enters San Diego harbor for a homeporting celebration. Various dignitaries attended the ceremony, including former First Lady Nancy Reagan, members of the Congress, state officials and celebrities. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Danielle Sosa (# 040723-N-7615S-315).
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After losing Presidential nominations in ’72 and ’76, Reagan finally out-dicked rivals Bob Dole and George H.W. Bush to become his party’s candidate in 1980. He kicked off his campaign by giving a speech in Philadelphia, Mississippi, the place three civil rights workers had been famously murdered in the ’60’s, advocating “states' rights.” Instead of starting a riot, everyone just elected Reagan President. Times had changed.
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Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois, the second of two sons to John "Jack" Reagan and Nelle Wilson. One of his four great-grandfathers had immigrated to the United States from Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary, Ireland in the 1860s. Prior to his grandfather's emigration, the family name had been spelled "Regan." On a visit to Ballyporeen in 1984, he was presented with a family tree that showed he was distantly related to both John F. Kennedy and Queen Elizabeth II.[1]
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Facing a state cash-flow shortage and large deficit, Reagan took immediate and dramatic action as governor, approving across-the-board budget reductions and a hiring freeze for state agencies. From the outset, the new governor jousted with higher education in the state, as he successfully sought increases in student fees and on several occasions detailed state troopers to quell campus antiwar protests. Combining the image of an ideological conservative with pragmatism in action, Reagan agreed to an increase in state income tax rates in 1967.
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Ronald Wilson Reagan, ( February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). At age 69, he was the oldest person elected President.
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